He smiles at her, his eyes still bright green slits. "Del, dear, do try to get him out of his shell. He's scared of relationships, from one that went bad a while back."
"It made him feel like he wasn't good enough for others unless he had money, power, influence and the like. He's been alone ever since. Well, aside from me, but I don't really count in a relationship."
Asa huffs through her nose, then she sniffs the air. "Food." She runs out of the room and returns with a tray laden with plates of various Chinese dishes, courtesy of Khalida.
She laughs. "She now suffers from Arachnophobia and Ophidiophobia. A fear of snakes and arachnids, such as my scorpion children and spiders. Any mortal would develop that after seeing millions of them pour into your room from every direction."