[Matrim]

Spoiler:

Actually, Floe had feelings for her didn't she?

If she did she managed to hide them from the viewers quite well which is in stark contrast to her "affair" with Mastif. However, Vyura thought Floe had a thing for Aaeru, so it might have been true after all.

Somehow this seems quite striking and very much intentional to me, but I'm not entirely sure what its meaning is. A symbolic chastity required for their final ceremony? A way to presage their unearthliness, to indicate their transcendence of their physical world? An acceptence that they must, after all, be "eternal maidens"?

I can't say what its meaning is but I just hope it's not a marketing trick to make the fans buy the final DVD which would include a steamy scene between the two. Although, come to think of it, such a bonus scene might not be such a bad idea after all...