"I mean, women getting wooed by unworthy men is just a fact of life," Arden scoffed, because this was a world wherein 'Man Vs Bear' was a legitimate debate.

She was going to flop down on the couch they'd just moved and patted the cushion next to her for him to sit, too. "But yeah, romance is a spectrum between cheesy romcoms from the 70s and porn," she said, both charmed and entertained by adult times - and more certain than ever that the Code meant he wasn't into them. "Romances are about people finding connection together. Falling in love. Getting past all the stupid obstacles that the world likes to insist are important and all the stupid prejudices and beliefs they've been clinging to in order to see the real person in front of them and realize that that person means the whole world to them. How is that boring?"