"You can be a mess and still seriously need to get laid," Lily says, giving him a look before she shakes her head. She's not offended, but he's making it out to be a lot more than it was, which is maybe part of the problem. "Look, like you said, it was great, but that's all it has to be if that's all you want it to be. Sex doesn't have to have so much power."

Which is easy enough for her to say, given how often she uses it to get what she wants, but Lily loves sex, too. It isn't always about power.