I've just finished a re-read myself, and I dunno, Ops, I think you're misinterpreting. I see it as more of a thing where they're just at the beginning of a relationship -- whether that turns out to be hot-n-heavy romance or kinky friends-with-benefits or god-knows-what, is up for debate at the moment. Certainly I don't know exactly where it'll end up. Sweno doesn't tell me everything 
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--"Listening to your kid is the audio equivalent of a Salvador Dali painting, Spud." --OpMegs

--sofaspud
--"Listening to your kid is the audio equivalent of a Salvador Dali painting, Spud." --OpMegs