You'd have to go a long way to find a relationship in which there isn't some kind of power imbalance. Case in point, Anne is dyslexic whereas I am very literate. Admittedly in the case you're talking about it's worse than usual.

Mind you, it did remind me of something that's been nagging at my brain on and off for fifty-odd years. How would a female Elric (Ulrica of Melnibone?) handle the symbiotic relationship with Stormbringer? I'd write the story if I were a woman, as a man I can only scratch my head! So thanks for reviving an old brain-worm! Consider yourself revenged for all the snarky things I've said about horses...