“He may not be unbiased, but he’s your best source of figuring out what he wants and what makes him happy. So if he’s saying that he’s happy with you, listen to him. He doesn’t have any reason to lie, right?”

Tony doesn’t know Ned. He’s not going to pretend that he has any idea about what makes him happy. But he does know people, and after a string of bad relationships, Tony knows that the best way to figure out what brings a partner happiness and satisfaction is to ask.

“As far as love and sex go, honestly, Daneel, I think you’re probably more capable of loving someone properly than the rest of us are. We get conflate sex and love all the time, sometimes on purpose, sometimes by accident. Being able to separate the two, that’s a good thing. Not a detriment.”