I don't mean it sexually. No matter what, he's still much younger than myself, there are ways I would be stern, and ways that I'll have to sort of guide him, and I don't have to do that with you.
[Because Masaomi was already grown, and the things Yamato is now experiencing as a young adult - she won't mother him, but she's his mate, so it's only right to support him. If it means a disagreement or two to spare him pain then her desire to avoid upsetting him won't be outweighed by her desire to protect.
And Nariko won't say it because it's only a half formed idea in her head now, but Yamato is almost less ... Intense than Masaomi in a way. Of course there's sexual submission but it's never felt like something they rely on, it's just a part of their sex life. But she and Masaomi had created a foundation on the idea that she was his mate, his bitch, and his partner, submission was a necessary part of their relationship, and she didn't begrudge it.]
As far as it being possible, though ... [She closes her eyes. It's not fun to talk about this, but:] There's a fair amount of proof that a mateship doesn't just magically smooth everything over. If that was the case then Ada would have never ended up here, Emily's parents wouldn't be the way they are, and mine wouldn't have been ready to throttle each other right after I came into the world. They're all, or were, bona fide mates but there are things about each of them they can't quite come to terms with.
[If it was just Ada or just Nariko ... Then that would be different. But that's at least three separate cases that actively work against Masaomi's perspective.] If it's possible for the most solid, instinctual, millennia old bond to end up fractured by one thing or another no matter what you do, then somehow ending up with two mates doesn't seem all that ridiculous.
[Because the mere thought that the bond itself could be dramatically harmed was really pretty awful on its own.]
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I don't mean it sexually. No matter what, he's still much younger than myself, there are ways I would be stern, and ways that I'll have to sort of guide him, and I don't have to do that with you.
[Because Masaomi was already grown, and the things Yamato is now experiencing as a young adult - she won't mother him, but she's his mate, so it's only right to support him. If it means a disagreement or two to spare him pain then her desire to avoid upsetting him won't be outweighed by her desire to protect.
And Nariko won't say it because it's only a half formed idea in her head now, but Yamato is almost less ... Intense than Masaomi in a way. Of course there's sexual submission but it's never felt like something they rely on, it's just a part of their sex life. But she and Masaomi had created a foundation on the idea that she was his mate, his bitch, and his partner, submission was a necessary part of their relationship, and she didn't begrudge it.]
As far as it being possible, though ... [She closes her eyes. It's not fun to talk about this, but:] There's a fair amount of proof that a mateship doesn't just magically smooth everything over. If that was the case then Ada would have never ended up here, Emily's parents wouldn't be the way they are, and mine wouldn't have been ready to throttle each other right after I came into the world. They're all, or were, bona fide mates but there are things about each of them they can't quite come to terms with.
[If it was just Ada or just Nariko ... Then that would be different. But that's at least three separate cases that actively work against Masaomi's perspective.] If it's possible for the most solid, instinctual, millennia old bond to end up fractured by one thing or another no matter what you do, then somehow ending up with two mates doesn't seem all that ridiculous.
[Because the mere thought that the bond itself could be dramatically harmed was really pretty awful on its own.]