All right there's... my phoenix side, and then being a pirate. As a pirate I'm more inclined to say selfishness is fine as long as you can keep it enough in check to still protect your nakama, eh? But it can get out of hand. If a partner wanted more than I could give them, she'd be upset that I was only taking and not giving enough back. So I wouldn't get into that kind of relationship because it's not worth it. One night stands aren't that bad as far as I'm concerned; but only if both sides are on the same page. And if you end up with a kid, it shouldn't be a one-night stand, because no matter what you've done something more and there's responsibility that goes along with it.
[Snaps his fingers.] That's life that got made. Like Sophie. My friends all look after her, but her parents aren't even in Luceti anymore, but Sophie still is. I get it, eh? The parents might have been really in love and done their best and hoped as hard as they could that they'd stay here with Sophie to watch her grow up, but things happen. Here or another world, they could have died, or something else could have happened. But either way, that kid still exists. She's here and a sweet kid, but people have to look after her. So that's not a "one-night stand" thing. If here parents were here, they'd still look after her. Ideally, that's because of love. So already, you can't say sex never has anything to do with love.
People can have sex and not be in love. It's... physical and lust and it's not necessarily always bad. But if they're going to do that, they're still getting into something. If they want just sex and literally nothing else attached, they have to make sure nothing else happens. Both sides do. Openly and clearly. And there's still a small act of trust. [He runs a hand through his hair thinking back on one-night stands and the like.] I can't... most... women who'd die to protect their kids, they wouldn't let a man they didn't trust anywhere near those kids. It goes against instinct, eh? Look, aye... I've had sex without love. But if the woman was going to regret it, I wouldn't have. No way in hell. Because it's like amounting both of us to quick drug highs. And I'm more than that. I want more than that, I need more than that. I wouldn't let someone fuck me either if we were wanting different things in life or from each other.
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All right there's... my phoenix side, and then being a pirate. As a pirate I'm more inclined to say selfishness is fine as long as you can keep it enough in check to still protect your nakama, eh? But it can get out of hand. If a partner wanted more than I could give them, she'd be upset that I was only taking and not giving enough back. So I wouldn't get into that kind of relationship because it's not worth it. One night stands aren't that bad as far as I'm concerned; but only if both sides are on the same page. And if you end up with a kid, it shouldn't be a one-night stand, because no matter what you've done something more and there's responsibility that goes along with it.
[Snaps his fingers.] That's life that got made. Like Sophie. My friends all look after her, but her parents aren't even in Luceti anymore, but Sophie still is. I get it, eh? The parents might have been really in love and done their best and hoped as hard as they could that they'd stay here with Sophie to watch her grow up, but things happen. Here or another world, they could have died, or something else could have happened. But either way, that kid still exists. She's here and a sweet kid, but people have to look after her. So that's not a "one-night stand" thing. If here parents were here, they'd still look after her. Ideally, that's because of love. So already, you can't say sex never has anything to do with love.
People can have sex and not be in love. It's... physical and lust and it's not necessarily always bad. But if they're going to do that, they're still getting into something. If they want just sex and literally nothing else attached, they have to make sure nothing else happens. Both sides do. Openly and clearly. And there's still a small act of trust. [He runs a hand through his hair thinking back on one-night stands and the like.] I can't... most... women who'd die to protect their kids, they wouldn't let a man they didn't trust anywhere near those kids. It goes against instinct, eh? Look, aye... I've had sex without love. But if the woman was going to regret it, I wouldn't have. No way in hell. Because it's like amounting both of us to quick drug highs. And I'm more than that. I want more than that, I need more than that. I wouldn't let someone fuck me either if we were wanting different things in life or from each other.