Todd looked up as she came over, but at her promise to sleep, he nodded and said nothing of it, returning to his work.

As her fingers caressed through his hair, he looked up at her again. Realizing she was focusing on the braids he said, "You can change them if you want." he hadn't taken another mate since their first coupling, so they were still paired, but sometimes a partner might want to change the other's "mark", be it because the previous didn't suit them or to refresh the bond as it were.