I think most people discover self-control when the stakes are that high. Every accidental marriage I've heard of was more of a 'fuck it, this is what we want'.

Fair enough, she can also totally imagine doing that.

I've occasionally been tempted just because it'd mean Tirion avoided the spectre of another royal wedding party. 

Yeah, if they ever want to get married eloping's probably the best bet holy hell Idaia you met the man yesterday, why are you thinking about marriage. ...And considering the dream she had and the way she feels when she's kissing him and the apparent likely failure mode abort abort your current course is incredibly likely to end in doing something stupid pick something else.

I am not going to marry you in an impulsive fit of passion, it's really important to me that my wife like my family and you haven't even met them. 

She should meet his family then no what why not I like this guy yes but you just met him yesterday you should not be systematically eliminating obstacles to marriage okay but like I can meet his family and then just not do that thing.

Also, like, make sure you are not going to die and the two of us couldn't have accidental children and that you're not going to be suddenly sent back to your world, if you're eliminating obstacles. 

She's still not fully clear on what that snake thing was but there was in fact a snake thing incident she doesn't think she's likely to just spontaneously disappear...

Avoid snake things.

The other thing about marriages is that they are for all of the Ages of Arda so if you lose someone that's it. 

Yeah, she should probably be taking this more seriously. On the other hand, this is just random stuff going through her head, it's not like it's going through a filter or anything, she wouldn't be choosing to say most of this stuff out loud.

Do you want me to stop listening while you practice the meditation thing. 

Well, on the one hand, she actually likes having him randomly read her mind when she's not thinking stuff like that, and she can't speak his language very well yet. On the other hand, she keeps thinking about marriage like a forty-year-old with her first crush.

I mean I've been thinking about it too, so it's not as if your thoughts are seeming embarrassing or unreasonable to me.

Hah, fair enough. Well, she'll definitely want to be able to do the thing before she meets any Eldar other than him, so she can start working on the thing and maybe they can go back to languages.

Speaking of languages that's a pretty good differentiating factor, public thoughts can be in Kilaiuossari and private thoughts can be in Bremik.

That'll work, yeah. It usually takes like months of practice; you going to go crazy if we take the long route back to Tirion?

Nah. It's beautiful out here and presumably there can be more kissing even if they are collectively too sensible to stray farther than that.

There can be more kissing. She can come over here now, actually, this seems like a good occasion for it. 

Oh, what an excellent plan.

He kind of likes that she doesn't know how to do private thoughts yet because getting them all and knowing they are unfiltered is so satisfying. 

She makes a noise in the back of her throat and buries a hand in his hair.

Well okay he will keep doing that. 

She does not seem to be aware that hair Is A Thing, which is why she isn't being as creative with it as she could be, it's just a convenient place to put her hand. Also his hair is super soft, which is lovely.

This will not even occur to him to explain because of course hair is a thing, but clinging to it is pretty great. 

Oh wow your hair is soft is that a you thing or a your species thing?

Species thing, I think, though I haven't touched too much of peoples' hair - it's more intimate than kissing...