He nodded, satisfied he knew what was going on now. He didn't know what it might mean in the future, but it helped that she'd been honest with him about it. Communication was so important. That lesson had been driven home when things had been strained between them, as well as the week of silence with Raksha.
Pack. Family. He'd realized he'd needed them. Though the panther was the strongest animal in him, the other's he'd absorbed were built around relationships and they were a part of him too. He'd figured out he was not solely feline/human the way his twin was, most of whom's behavior made it clear that there was a tiger beneath the skin. He was...all the animals in his head and ingrained in his body as well as human. Only the panther was solitary.
Laying his jaw against her shoulder, though not actually making the marking gesture by rubbing it, he murmured, "You ready to retreat to the bedroom?"