The somber expression remains for another moment, dissipating as she brings her head just a bit closer to him, as though it'd help her understand. Sex — with her kind or otherwise — is something she enjoys immensely, but she realizes it might be difficult for someone for whom physical contact is tricky, even in the best of times.

Uprights are curious in that way. Among her kind, most feelings are expressed through physicality, be it gentle bumps and nudges with their beaks, social preening, or even the way they shake their heads and ruffle their feathery manes. Uprights, however, tend to be more... closed off. Guarded. Not necessarily dishonest with themselves and others, but certainly more private with their hearts than a kaulahren.

But even among her kind, sex isn't prevalent. Such an activity is usually reserved for mating, for procreation rather than expression. It's only among uprights that she's discovered how it can be used to connect with others, but that doesn't mean it's the only way to do so. She offers him a hopeful smile.

"You may have romance without sex, Qubit."