>Note that he didn't ask for a relationship or even for her to cook for
>him, just stick around.

She knew and loved him from before. And (here it is again) she's a goddess.
Bite me, it really does explain  things very easily.

>It makes me ask: If he had asked to stay with her forever, would she have
>captured him in some mystic amulet and carried him around on her divine
>missions?

The similarity between Keiichi and Wendenyan mounts...

Sam (wan wan!)