"As someone whose...geneparents...were intolerable to live with, I respect the idea of families that don't look standard. Hell, on Earth, in my time, my marriage would be considered improper. I'm open-minded about things existing outside what I consider culturally normative."

He looks thoughtful. "Blood and contract. I imagine that makes you feel a little adrift, here. Given no one is of your blood, and the contracts you have back home are...back home. Binding you still, but impossible to take comfort from the protection of."