"Would you rather we not have sex for a while?" he asks softly. He would. He could. If it would somehow reassure Lee, he would do it.

You would sense a lie, Lee. Yes, I do. I want that with you. It can even be done without... without any physcial release. Both times I have done so with Gorlim, it has been without physical loving...

That had been Gorlim's choice, of course, and one Námo respected.