You've been wonderfully tolerant.

I'm tired of being hated.

We will be adored. The kids will be adored. People will occasionally make snide comments because people can't seem to help being terrible but they will be surrounded by people who respect them and love them and are uncomplicatedly sad that all their grandparents can't be there to see them grow up. Yet. Someday we'll invent resurrection. 

I love you so much. You keep saying things like that--I love you so much.

You deserve so much better than stupid thoughtless people.

You are so much better than stupid thoughtless people.

Well, yes.

I am so very glad I got attacked by a crazy mirror-snake. And that you were the closest person around. And that I'm inclined to cheat at arm-wrestling.

Might have taken us a little longer if you didn't cheat at arm-wrestling but doubt it'd take us too long.

I like that I surprised you like that.

I like losing at arm-wrestling.

Specifically?

Hmmm? General wrestling works too, archery works...

I don't think I'm going to beat you at archery any time soon. Or anything that relies on strength without cheating.

It seems I do not mind the cheating.

Convenient, she purrs. Is she plotting to cheat at things? Perhaps.

Are they going to get distracted along the side of the road before they even make it back to the house? Probably.

This is great as long as she doesn't drop any of the chocolate things on the ground and ruin them.

Chocolate-preserving distraction it is, though Tyelcormo will insult Maitimo a few times for his generosity.

Well that's just sibling prerogative.

Come to think about it chocolate is melty enough that she's getting ideas and they should get back to the house and his room to experiment.

He can probably be persuaded.

She can think of some ways to be awfully persuasive.

And it's really, really difficult to drag him to bed with his wife, she'll really need to scrape the bottom of the barrel with persuasive measures. Not.

Oh, she loves him so.

They should probably get a house at some point just so his whole family doesn't hear them coming and going. At least the rooms are soundproofed.