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As soon as the question left his mouth, he remembered what Heda had said about Mireille’s brother. Right, she was considering someone local, someone who presumably lived right in Sapphique. That seemed a lot more kosher to him, though he wondered if they intended to marry. He knew it wasn’t necessary—not only via Erzulie but his own upbringing by Towhee—but he also knew Heda pretty well and she deserved nothing less than love and commitment.

As much as he suddenly wanted to speculate about what it might be like if he and his friend locked down a brother and sister, Caracal wondered if it was appropriate to mention any of this to Erzulie. He still wasn’t sure who Mireille (and her brother) were to her, exactly, and hadn’t Heda told him these things in confidence anyhow?

His grandmother said things could always change, then reiterated the reasons why Sapphique’s women opted to wander afield. Lovemaking was just about the opposite of fighting, though Caracal thought it kinda of sounded like they preferred to be on offense versus defense. He supposed he kind of understood that logic.

Well, it sounds like I need to catch up with Heda, Caracal noted lightly. I should probably be heading back…