His hand pulls away at the question, but only because he's turned somewhat bodily to look at Nathaniel fully with an expression, however brief, of utter bafflement.
Well, if he had a top ten list of questions he never would have expected from Nathaniel, he can certainly strike that one off.
"Uh- well." He sits up a bit more properly - he's not upset, but he's caught flat-footed and a bit frazzled from it. "That- it means that this man is in a romantic relationship with the person in question. I-it's a much more modern term, ah. It implies casual courtship, or at least a point in the relationship where engagement, o-or marriage aren't necessarily on the table just yet."
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Date: 2023-08-23 03:30 am (UTC)Well, if he had a top ten list of questions he never would have expected from Nathaniel, he can certainly strike that one off.
"Uh- well." He sits up a bit more properly - he's not upset, but he's caught flat-footed and a bit frazzled from it. "That- it means that this man is in a romantic relationship with the person in question. I-it's a much more modern term, ah. It implies casual courtship, or at least a point in the relationship where engagement, o-or marriage aren't necessarily on the table just yet."