"Ren. Why ain't you allowed it? Is someone here tellin you that you can't?" He wasn't smart, he knew that, but he had also figured out early on that what they did here had little to no relevance on anything to happen back home. It didn't matter whether his parents would approve of Caleb or Daniel or anyone else, though he was reasonably sure he'd be able to talk them around on Caleb, and Daniel didn't seem like the meeting your parents type. But it didn't matter because they weren't here. Because they wouldn't remember any of this when they went home. Which broke his heart when he thought about it, but was a different problem from what Ren was having. So there had to be someone here telling Ren that she couldn't have a mate that was a woman right?