...both, I think. I don't prefer casual affairs, especially, but I had a lifetime of habits teaching me to begin with the possible end in mind. [Nearly all Julius's breakups had been unusually amicable; it hadn't been an accident.] I think she could probably see some that. I'd turned a few of my past liaisons into potential diplomatic contacts, she may have generalized more than she should. But she was unlearning some habits, too.
[He's disinclined to discuss her marriage without her present, but it seems pertinent to at least obliquely acknowledge. After a moment, he shifts to prop himself up on an elbow, so he can keep looking at Marcus without risking a crick in his neck.]
When she reaches for someone or something, she plays for keeps. That has not changed.
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...both, I think. I don't prefer casual affairs, especially, but I had a lifetime of habits teaching me to begin with the possible end in mind. [Nearly all Julius's breakups had been unusually amicable; it hadn't been an accident.] I think she could probably see some that. I'd turned a few of my past liaisons into potential diplomatic contacts, she may have generalized more than she should. But she was unlearning some habits, too.
[He's disinclined to discuss her marriage without her present, but it seems pertinent to at least obliquely acknowledge. After a moment, he shifts to prop himself up on an elbow, so he can keep looking at Marcus without risking a crick in his neck.]
When she reaches for someone or something, she plays for keeps. That has not changed.