"I didn't say I loved him," she said quietly. She did, of course, she loved Thomas with all her strength but it wasn't a topic up for discussion. Their lives had very little privacy in the world of the Raiths and to them, Justine wasn't anything but his whore. She offered herself to him for his protection and that was the way it remained. Even here, if they wanted to believe it, Justine wouldn't go out of her way to make it seem otherwise.
She smiled at Fela. "He's a grown man and capable of doing what he wants, whenever he wants, and how often. I have no say and I wouldn't think to tell him otherwise. Unless I thought he was being stupid." Justine laughed pleasantly.
"What you're feeling is natural," she informed her, "he's not doing it on purpose but you can't help but think sexual things when he's nearby."