1) Jean-Claude genuinely loves Anita, beyond reason, but in his darker moments he wonders how much is 'natural', and how much is the reaction of a mate to a true Sire. From what the other mates he had a chance to talk with at Julianna's presentation said any mate will feel a strong draw of some kind to any true Sire - at least until a Sire claims them.
2) Jean-Claude can't quite understand how lenient Anita is with him, how little she punishes him, and how light it is when she does punish him, although he's very grateful for that leniency and he can understand the reasons behind every punishment he's received from her.
2a) He also doesn't quite understand why Anita allowed him to forbid her to have full sex with Damian, or how he knew that he was a potential mate, and if he can't persuade Anita to give him another child to secure her immortality a bit better soon he'll bring up that idea instead. He thinks of children as unlikely to survive until they reach three years old, even knowing how much less likely it is for children to die young in modern times.
3) The Traveller was the one who explained the concepts of 'mate' and 'Sire' to the American government, and he brought Jean-Claude along as part of the delegation to do that. Jean-Claude found it very disturbing just how interested the senators they spoke to were when it came to the rights a Sire has over his mates.
3a) Even though the Mate Laws are a codification of vampire law and tradition when it comes to mates Jean-Claude found them draconian even before he knew what he is.
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Date: 2007-06-30 09:06 am (UTC)2) Jean-Claude can't quite understand how lenient Anita is with him, how little she punishes him, and how light it is when she does punish him, although he's very grateful for that leniency and he can understand the reasons behind every punishment he's received from her.
2a) He also doesn't quite understand why Anita allowed him to forbid her to have full sex with Damian, or how he knew that he was a potential mate, and if he can't persuade Anita to give him another child to secure her immortality a bit better soon he'll bring up that idea instead. He thinks of children as unlikely to survive until they reach three years old, even knowing how much less likely it is for children to die young in modern times.
3) The Traveller was the one who explained the concepts of 'mate' and 'Sire' to the American government, and he brought Jean-Claude along as part of the delegation to do that. Jean-Claude found it very disturbing just how interested the senators they spoke to were when it came to the rights a Sire has over his mates.
3a) Even though the Mate Laws are a codification of vampire law and tradition when it comes to mates Jean-Claude found them draconian even before he knew what he is.