Well, at least he has some manners, she thought, not even realizing that he had been waiting on her approval. "I assume it is a curse because that's what it has always been called. It's what I was born knowing. It's been a part of my family for hundreds of years.
"It actually...has the potential for ill effects," she told him, continuing with a sad chuckle, "My father and brother have been lucky, but I assume I've broken the family's record. Our curse requires we eventually find our match in life, our other half, our partner, a specific, special person. I don't remember exactly how it goes, but I believe it's our one shot at a partner for life. If that person doesn't want anything to do with me then I can't do anything about it," she shrugged. "I'm guessing it would be like being forced to watch your lover get over you and move on to someone else and live their life without you, though I've been told that my grandfather suffered terribly for the loss of my grandmother."
Remina gestured that it was something she remembered little of at the moment and was out of her hands anyway. "Do you study curses and magic, then?" she inquired, wondering why he wanted to know more in the first place.