Men love those creatures that need to be taken care of. To be with a strong and wise woman is obliging. If you want to tame a lioness you need to become a lion, not a goat. A doe is easier to keep. You give her a little grass, a little milk, and she is tamed. Who do you think a man would choose?
Arina had no idea what she wanted except that she wanted to be with him.
The entire world with all its hundreds of planetary systems could go to hell at that moment.