Oh. [He knows polyamory is a thing. He's seen it when he's visited various demon courts. He's just the most used to what his parents have which was painfully exclusive to his mother's mental detriment until they got his father back. It's the easiest assumption.]

[Though as she directs the conversation back, he splutters again.]

Of course not!

Maybe?!

I don't know! I haven't written off courtship or-or bedding anyone or anything like that, I just had to prioritize my family and I don't know anything about it now that I do have time!

[He buries his face in his hands, the flames dying down, but still smoldering around him in a more general embarrassment over shock.]