"I'm not sure if it would've been a good idea to force it. I... I'm not even sure I could have forced your awakening." He frowned a little at that. Surely he could have? They'd been married. They had children. He did still hold love for her - just like his other ex wives. He still loved them all. How could he not? He smiled, reaching out to her again, "I promise. You'll feel... so much better. Trying to combine your two lives, though.... that's the difficult part."
He couldn't help the laugh that came after she said that. "No. You have never once been to hold things back. And, it seems like that's true still." Though, he already knew that. They'd had plenty of meetings and she never minced words with him. Even while he was making A's in every class, she would still tell him things that he needed to improve on.
"I'm trying to be a better person. A better everything, including husband." He laughed again and shook his head. "Even if I hadn't made that vow, there's nobody in my classes that can even remotely compare to Hera." Student wise. Themis, of course, was gorgeous. But, you know. He was being GOOD. And NOT sleeping with everyone. "Though, I think there's some ethics violations if you failed me for that...."