“Because something like that should be my decision. Just because you'd choose something of your own free will doesn't mean you want it forced on you. Maybe I would be happy with you, but that doesn't mean I want to be given to you by a goddess."
“It isn't like that," he says. “I don't own you, except, perhaps, in the sense that we could be said to own each other."
“That's still a problem. I don't want to be owned by anyone, even if I own them back."
“Okay."
“Okay?"
“I will respect that choice."
“But will your goddess?" I sigh. “You're right. I do feel a pull toward you. Is the force behind that pull going to respect my wishes or is it going to match me up with you whether I like it or not? It sounds like, when people have resisted her pull in the past, she's just kept pulling until t
