"Just because the word doesn't exist doesn't mean the feeling doesn't exist," she tells him. "It's a rare enough mortal that doesn't have the capacity to love--you aren't one of them, Zak. What you feel for your son is proof of it. Sure, it's the love of a father and not a lover--strong enough that Hakan would have grabbed you if I hadn't beaten him to the punch--but it's still love. Are we each other's best match? No. But if you'd been entirely unsuited for me, I wouldn't have picked you, wedding or no wedding. I mean, I won't lie, it was the wedding that drew my attention to you and Elphie. There's nothing that draws me like a wedding. But I could have just marked her and gone home afterwards. I didn't. Why did I pick you, Zak?

"One word. Potential."