Talk:Apsara/@comment-100.40.123.126-20150220213657/@comment-108.19.151.156-20150222151836

'''Eh, I'm inclined to disagree. There's a line in Fallen Maidens (here) that says "To a monster with a husband, their husband is the only male in the world that exists", so I kinda think they just really don't care about any other men, romantically or platonically, after they get hitched. Guy talks to a married mamono, she might (might) be polite and all, but she's really got no interest in interacting with you at all. She doesn't want to have an interesting conversation with you, because you're not her husband. She doesn't want to hang out with you, because you're not her husband. She doesn't really want to be in your vicinity at all because the scent of spirit energy wafting off your body smells like garbage now, because you're not her husband.'''

Their disgust is related to actually ingesting the energy/tasting it. Simply being around another man wouldn't bother them at all.

Further, the context of the line you quoted was about why monsters become sexually attracted to only one man. To me the "only man that exists" line is basically the same as a person saying "you're the only girl for me." Obviously that is not literally true, but for a monster the only man she will see as a "man" (i.e. in a sexual sense) is her husband. Other men may befriend her but she won't see them as potential mates.

'''Is this actually stated anywhere? I was always under the impression that married Sea Bishops gave up the wandering priest life and retired to a big conch shell with hubby.'''

The expanded profile states that they do give up their wandering life style (implied to be because their husband often can't keep up with them and they don't want to be without him), but they will continue to perform the ritual for humans and monsters that come to them wherever they happen to settle down.