Her husband approached her and set down his food before her. It really didn't look very appetizing, but her eyes didn't linger on it long. He moved to the soft damp sand of the shore she wondered if he was going to take his shoes off and hop in. He seemed to have a lot on his mind however. At first it was innocent questioning, but she searched their bond to see if he was beginning to feel emotions as they talked.

"Using? Um...Not like an object if that's what you mean?" Her grasp on the language was good, but she thought she understood that that implied some negative meanings, to be used. "He cares and loves you and is trying to show you various lessons of purity and faithfulness if you would listen. Does that mean he doesn't show me things in how you act and ways you think that show me more about his attributes? No, he does show me. But I wouldn't say he is using you anymore than he uses anything to show his care for purity and faithfulness."

"What do you mean, is it just about me getting to know Yahal? Is what about me trying to get to know Yahal? My culture?" Given his first question, she wondered if he meant her relationship with him. "Our relationship? What do you mean?"