User blog comment:HoundTheDestroyer93/Ask The Jaghunds/@comment-28358106-20170526024753/@comment-28358106-20170530043948

"Marcus, listen. You are their uncle, and they love you.  But you are not their father.  I am.  And I don't like the precedent that's being set here."

He maintains his composure, but Marcus knows he's speaking warily. "You're right on a few levels. Parenthood can transcend biology, that's true.  But you haven't raised them, or been there for their trials, or listened to their deepest wishes or comforted them in their worst fears.  You get to see them grow on the outside, but you don't have to do any of the day-to-day care they require. I appreciate your willingness to leap in front of danger for them, but so am I, and so is Regina, and Tirush, and any one of them would do the same for any other one of them."

He shakes his head and waves his hand. "I'm not dismissing your contribution. But it's the same as saying that because I love Samia, and would die defending her, she's my wife.  You and I both know that's not true."