>I know where you're going with this, but I'm just going to take a
>moment and enjoy the notion that marrying a vampire, specifically,
>links into one of his core competencies.

Having thought about it, it actually kinda does. I can't really put a name on it right now, but we see it a lot in the Exile, with for instance Alita and Laura and Tali and Saavik. He never married any of them because (a) he was still kinda married to Kei, (b) he's quite a bit older than all of them combined were, and (c) the vagaries of fate.

Here, the first two aren't a factor and the strings of fate are pulling them together instead of apart (I wonder why that could be?) so he's actually able to marry the dangerous lady he found himself falling in love with. And maybe the other one too.