The sudden shift to talk of marriage caught the bard entirely by surprise and he just blinked at Sam for a moment, much like a startled deer might. Bastien and Rex's marriage had been unfortunately held while he'd been Blighted - and he was still a bit miffed that they couldn't have waited until after the Roses had been planted and the infected individuals healed enough to attend - but before he could get properly annoyed Sam's implication had him smiling ruefully.
"Ah, you mean, will Rory and I ever get married? I... don't know. We're already happy together, and he's not particularly fond of any of the gods who we might ask to bless it. I'm not sure what marriage would really change about any of that... but we've also barely been together for little more than a year. We love each other, but that's... it's far too short a time to decide to pledge yourself to someone for a lifetime," he said with a soft smile for the bookmaker. "At least it is for us. Give it another year or two and then we'll decide if we want an official ceremony or not." And if he could coax the hunter into letting him invite Ludo to such an event, though it might make some of the other guests uneasy. Given Nate's recent infidelity he wasn't quite sure what to say in return, but he cleared his throat a little awkwardly and soldiered on. "What about you? How long do you think you would be with someone before deciding to marry them?"
"Ah, you mean, will Rory and I ever get married? I... don't know. We're already happy together, and he's not particularly fond of any of the gods who we might ask to bless it. I'm not sure what marriage would really change about any of that... but we've also barely been together for little more than a year. We love each other, but that's... it's far too short a time to decide to pledge yourself to someone for a lifetime," he said with a soft smile for the bookmaker. "At least it is for us. Give it another year or two and then we'll decide if we want an official ceremony or not." And if he could coax the hunter into letting him invite Ludo to such an event, though it might make some of the other guests uneasy. Given Nate's recent infidelity he wasn't quite sure what to say in return, but he cleared his throat a little awkwardly and soldiered on. "What about you? How long do you think you would be with someone before deciding to marry them?"
