"I believe it depends on the human, personally. The fact that they consider romance to be expressed by only one type of relationship doesn't necessarily mean that their definitions of it are even more limited; in my experience if anything it means the opposite, with each human romance incorporating a wide variety of different elements depending on the relationship and human involved. I've also found that the majority of them understand the basic idea of quadrants, even if they may not be comfortable working within that framework."

He thinks back to Guy and smiles softly. There's just a hint of sadness at the corners of that smile and behind his eyes. He misses Guy, though he knows it's far better for him to have not been brought back than to have continued to suffer in Panem.

"Long before you arrived, I fell pale for a human -- one who's gone now. All of our interactions were incredibly pale and of course he didn't realize, because for humans those interactions aren't ones they think of as flirting. When I eventually got up the nerve to tell him he took to the idea immediately. I realize it won't happen like that every time, but based on that alone I wouldn't say humans are unable to meet a troll's romantic needs -- even when they are strictly within one quadrant, as that was for us."