"Well there's always surprises," Lottie murmured. What Vidar could do with a mouth that he didn't use overly much with talking was one of them.
"But in this case, I was being euphemistic," she continued. "Though really, I literally have dated a lot. A lot. I dated before dating was a thing. I dated before it was called courting. I dated when women didn't talk to the men they married until their wedding day. I dated before there even were weddings, when people just declared themselves married. I may have actually invented dating, now that I think about it..."
For a long moment, Philotes got a far-away look in her eye and was silent. But as usual, the quiet did not last long. "But anyway, no, I was talking about sex. I don't think Vidar has slept with a lot of women. And by not slept with a lot of women, I mean, I'm not totally sure he was too far removed from being a virgin when I got him. He's still got that new car smell about him when we're doing naughty stuff. And I... don't. You know?"
Self-doubt was not something Friendship indulged in often. Like once a millennium. So for her to admit some qualms in this area was a mark of how much she genuinely liked Ninkasi. And how insecure she actually about how Vidar might view her sexual history.