"These things should be normal," Lyta said, pressing a hand against her forehead. "I mean, it's dating. It's... one of the most normal things in the universe. Or it's supposed to be. People do it all the time. They meet and fall in love and get together and do all those normal little things. I can't even tell if I'm being flirted with."

Unless someone was extremely obvious. And there had been obvious ones. But she didn't even know what she felt about anyone anymore.

"There was one guy who was just such an idiot that he couldn't even say anything and treated me like crap even though he loved me, and then another guy who blew himself up for our cause right when I decided we could have a life together, and one who hired me to be the mother of a new super race. Just to give you a little idea of my history with men."