k-bookee asked Gail Carriger:

Hi Ms. Carriger. I'm almost halfway through Changeless and read Alexia's first encounter with M. Lefoux. I noticed there's this question about her being bisexual and I got curious whether her attraction can be considered being unfaithful to Conall Maccon? Oh dear, I've already asked so many questions. I just fell in love with this series so, so hard and I want to understand every dimension of it. ^^

Gail Carriger I believe that it's OK for people in monogamous relationships to be attracted to others. Betrayal comes if you ACT on that attraction. Policing people's thoughts as an means of sexual control is abhorrent. Conall is a wise old wolf, most of the time, likely understand the complexities of human social interactions and sexuality. Alexia is his mate and he loves her, but what a horrible thing to dictate how a partner thinks or feels! Attraction can be purely a hormonal thing, and Conall (who's an emotional beastie) would never blame anyone for their instincts, so long as those things stay inside the brain.

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