Mirror, Protect Him!

She wanted to say a definitive 'yes', but she was conscious the man hadn't signed up to fight yet, and if that was a dealbreaker for him, she didn't want to be the one to break the bad news to him.

"Not necessarily," she said circumspectly.

"Really?" he sounded pleasantly surprised. "That's good to hear. I've always thought it's the more natural way of things. Men have higher sex drives than women, so it meets those needs which is good for the man and good for the women. It's also the perfect way to raise children. Many hands make light work."

She couldn't disagree more, based on how she had seen those arrangements play out at the palace, where it was positively dangerous for children in the harem and jealousy lead to all kinds of horrible acts, but she nodded noncommittally.

She definitely got one thing right though; her response secured Baer's commitment to the rebellion.