Dragoncrest Cliffs Fire in your new shoes

"Sha," Wildfire confirmed with a nod, pausing and fighting an urge to smile as she added, "it requires a woodle and a voodlestrathen." She hoped the ridiculous terms would entertain Blixen, especially after such a dry, clinical rundown of the subject matter. "And that's," she concluded on a slightly more serious note, "why your nomi and I required the services of Dio and Ette."

Anticipating more questions there, Wildfire explained, "Sex, love and mate-ship are not all mutually exclusive." Had she used that phrasing correctly? Anyway... "You can have sex without love, love without sex, mate-ship without love or sex, et cetera. I know that's confusing. But what I want you to understand about our situation specifically is that I love your nomi. We are mates. And although I physically mated with Dio and Ette, there was no emotional attachment involved there, beyond friendship and respect. And the children that resulted from it belong to nomi and me, not them. Does that make sense...?"