"No, actually.  It's not - my pattern, it's something out of dath ilan, that's in my memories, and the exact nature of it is something that wouldn't be easy to explain - but in the pattern, somebody, a man in this particular subpattern though there are female versions too, comes across three to five very interesting girls with whom it's possible to have romances."

"Sometimes, though not always, one of those girls is an 'asexual' or 'ace' for short, and often has a special status within the pattern, like, she's the one standing back and watching the whole thing happen and talking with you about it."

"No, actually.  It's not - my pattern, it's something out of dath ilan, that's in my memories, and the exact nature of it is something that wouldn't be easy to explain - but in the pattern, somebody, a man in this particular subpattern though there are female versions too, comes across three to five very interesting girls with whom it's possible to have romances."

"Sometimes, though not always, one of those girls is an 'asexual', and often has a special status within the pattern, like, she's the one standing back and watching the whole thing happen and talking with you about it."

"No, actually.  It's not - my pattern, it's something out of dath ilan, that's in my memories, and the exact nature of it is something that wouldn't be easy to explain - but in the pattern, somebody, a man in this particular subpattern though there are female versions too, comes across three to five very interesting girls with whom it's possible to have romances."

"Sometimes, though not always, one of those girls is an 'asexual', and often has a special status within the pattern, like, she's the one standing back and watching the whole thing happen and talking with you about it.  You don't have sex with her at all, that's the point."

"No, actually.  It's not - my pattern, it's something out of dath ilan, that's in my memories, and the exact nature of it is something that wouldn't be easy to explain - but in the pattern, somebody, a man in this particular subpattern though there are female versions too, comes across three to five very interesting girls with whom it's possible to have romances."

"Sometimes, though not always, one of those girls is an 'asexual', and often has a special status within the pattern, like, she's the one standing back and watching the whole thing happen and talking with you about it.  You might still date her and have a romance with her, maybe also marry her alongside the other girls.  But you don't have sex with her at all, that's the point."

"No, actually.  It's not - my pattern, it's something out of dath ilan, that's in my memories, and the exact nature of it is something that wouldn't be easy to explain - but in the pattern, somebody - a man in this particular subpattern, though there are female versions too - comes across three to five very interesting girls with whom it's possible to have romances."

"Sometimes, though not always, there's another special girl, an 'asexual', who has a special status within the pattern, often that she's the one standing back and watching the whole thing happen and talking with you about it.  You might still date her and have a romance with her, maybe also marry her alongside the other girls.  But you don't have sex with her at all, that's the point."

"No, actually.  It's not - my pattern, it's something out of dath ilan, that's in my memories, and the exact nature of it is something that wouldn't be easy to explain - but in the pattern, somebody - a man in this particular subpattern, though there are female versions too - comes across three to five very interesting girls with whom it's possible to have romances."

"Sometimes, though not always, there's an additional girl, an 'asexual', who has a special status within the pattern, often that she's the one standing back and watching the whole thing happen and talking with you about it.  You might still date her and have a romance with her, maybe also marry her alongside the other girls.  But you don't have sex with her at all, that's the point."