It was going to take Aurus a little while to get used to this sort of custom and the more private attitude about sex. Even when it came to dealing with humans in his own world, people just sort of knew that sylvari were very casual about the topic. It was hardly unusual to hear young members of the race spontaneously discussing their new discoveries with each other. ("Well, I suggested that we try it," Aurus could distinctly remember one sylvari sapling declaring loudly about her friend on one of his trips back to the Grove, "So she kissed me! And then she turned to the next person and she kissed her, and then him, and then her--!")

It wouldn't have been too much of a stretch to say that many sylvari tended to treat sex about the same as they treated food: you wouldn't need to keep it a secret what you'd had for dinner last night or who you'd dined with. Aurus, personally, had always been one of the least reserved.

For Charles' sake though, he would genuinely try. "I'm sorry," he said, reading between the lines, "I'm making you uncomfortable."