"It is not, truly," Teja says, "but if it was, I would say it is a valid choice -- rarer, and more often debated by the ignorant than some equally valid choices. Not loving for the sake of duty, as I did while alive, was strange for some here, and hard to understand for them when I was new, but this may be odder still for people who are so preoccupied with love, as you say."