"I am not certain that there would be a reward to dating, for me, really. I am happy to teach, to help students, and when Terra and Ven return, I will be going home. I would not ask someone to leave their home to be with me so anything would be..."

[she tried to find the English word. She was getting better at this!]

"Tran...sient? Temporary?"

[She was pretty sure one or both of those applied.]