[ The warrior strokes a large hand down the golden hair, soft and soothing. ]
It means a lot of things, but the literal translation is 'where the heart lies'. Someone important to you. Korrin uses it for her lover. I use it for the people closest to me, the people I trust the most and that I care about. No matter if we fuck or not.
[ Taas sighs, reaching up to rub the curve of his horn ridge. ]
But a lover... it's different for people like Korrin. She knows how to love, she knows it's allowed, and she knows cute little things her parents probably told her about how you show affection in the Qun.
Those things are for friends under the Qun. There are no lovers under the Qun. We're not raised with the promise of love and happy families. We're encouraged to create bonds of friendship and trust instead. Sex complicates that. Being distracted by love can get someone killed.
Loving someone will get you reeducated.
So you have close friends that are like your family, and you have the tamassran that you fuck.
[ Taas stops there, shaking his head. ]
...I'm not saying you're a tamassran or anything. I left the Qun, after all. I learned differently. Still, I keep it a bit different from each other, just to get my mind in order. I don't fuck friends but I can become good friends with people I fuck. So kadan means affection. Trust. Friendship. A connection.
You're important to me, Zevran... but I never lay claim to anyone, so you don't have to worry about that.
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[ The warrior strokes a large hand down the golden hair, soft and soothing. ]
It means a lot of things, but the literal translation is 'where the heart lies'. Someone important to you. Korrin uses it for her lover. I use it for the people closest to me, the people I trust the most and that I care about. No matter if we fuck or not.
[ Taas sighs, reaching up to rub the curve of his horn ridge. ]
But a lover... it's different for people like Korrin. She knows how to love, she knows it's allowed, and she knows cute little things her parents probably told her about how you show affection in the Qun.
Those things are for friends under the Qun. There are no lovers under the Qun. We're not raised with the promise of love and happy families. We're encouraged to create bonds of friendship and trust instead. Sex complicates that. Being distracted by love can get someone killed.
Loving someone will get you reeducated.
So you have close friends that are like your family, and you have the tamassran that you fuck.
[ Taas stops there, shaking his head. ]
...I'm not saying you're a tamassran or anything. I left the Qun, after all. I learned differently. Still, I keep it a bit different from each other, just to get my mind in order. I don't fuck friends but I can become good friends with people I fuck. So kadan means affection. Trust. Friendship. A connection.
You're important to me, Zevran... but I never lay claim to anyone, so you don't have to worry about that.