Krem nodded, looking down at his boots because he worried that he'd said the wrong thing. He seemed to be doing that quite a lot, it seemed, and he wasn't entirely sure how to stop himself from it.

Slowly, he tried to pick it apart. "In Tevinter, everything is casual. But marriage is political, or for power, or advancement." He shook his head a bit. "Sex is private, but it's part of everything? It's hard..."

He sighed a little. "It's very hard to explain, especially since I never--. I don't want to upset anyone. It was easiest with you--you were interested. I was. Am, still, if it comes up for us again. But my new friend makes it complicated, I think."