Rhakōnba pulled a face, head tilted. "You--? Seriously? You are not allowed? Hm! I cannot imagine having to marry just to have things by association." She looked off vaguely for a moment, considering it. "... I wouldn't like that at all. So your only options are to marry? Oh dear. Hm. Well, so long as you find someone you love, I suppose." She looked positively bewildered. It hadn't occurred to her that one might marry someone one didn't even know or like for position and wealth.
"You wouldn't know what to do? Well, surely you'd have your delegates to handle all the details and make decisions to better the area under your rule! Your father does it, clearly, so you must have some of his ability swimming in your blood. But I s'pose it's not an issue if you're not allowed." Her ears drooped down, still troubled by the implication.
"...Hm, alright. Seems strange to me, but alright." Rhakōnba waved a hand as though she had accepted the issue as well as she could. She still didn't understand how the humans ad come to the conclusion that paternal lineage and male heirs were more important than their girls, but it wasn't her place to sneer at other cultures. She just had to let that one go, she supposed.
"Ha, yes. My mother has twelve husbands, which is an admittedly unusually high number. She's a beauty though, has all the boys swooning. They don't really get jealous, no, because... Hm. How to explain..." She looked down, rubbing her mouth in thought. "... A female has to make sure that a prospective husband gets along well with the ones she already has. If they do not all take well to each other, then the applicant is turned away. While a male may marry a female, he is also considered married to all of her other husbands, see?" She explained as best she could, knowing that it would seem strange to a husband. "So the entire group loves and cares for each other, rather than having the males all fighting for the attention of their wife."
"And we don't really have 'classes', either," She continued, considering how to explain this to a human, too. "Rather, we have those who have acquired wealth and those that are poorer, but this is subject to change amongst individuals. We do have clans, and some clans may be wealthier than others-- I suppose they would be the closest we have to an 'upper class'. But yes-- if a wealthy jeweler and a poor farmer were to fall in love, there is nothing stopping them from marrying." She nodded once, satisfied that she had explained it well. "Can you not marry lower than yourself?" She asked, again confused by a quirk of human culture. Marriage was for love, surely? Why would one not be allowed to love someone of another class?