"I haven't asked her; it's not my place. But for myself, I don't know that I could share such a burden with someone not already bound to it." It would seem cruel, when they could otherwise have a full life with someone else. Inessa shakes her head as though to clear it. It isn't applicable to her, either way.

"I don't mean to sound judgmental. If they can live with the taint and its restrictions, that's all that matters. I wish them well."