"Well, my mother died when I was born and my dad wasn't very good at teaching that kind of thing," Ellen says. Then she listens for a bit, and then shakes her head. "That's... actually that sounds like something I'd see happen in my friend Sativa's tribe, come to think of it. Ours are a little more complicated. Especially since I don't know if he wants to actually mate permanently or just- just go together for a while, or- I don't know about his intentions, not just yet."