[There’s some small relief, that Tataru is on the same page as far as bonding getting in the way of figuring out feelings, and it makes her relax by a few degrees. More susceptible to the Girl Talk.]

If I am to be honest… we fought frequently before this. [She presses her lips together in a tight line.] It is not that I didn’t care for him, but we often butted heads on issues.

[The bonding helped with that, she realizes. Being able to feel his feelings helped put a damper on their fights before they happened. Especially when he was saying something different from how he was feeling.]