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Macalaurës who have not yet seduced a Rebecca feel that they have been issued a challenge. They get to work on it.
He goes to Eclipse and does research. Eclipse makes him feel very uncomfortable.
Reds accumulate in droves in Ambaróna and are avid consumers of social gossip regarding the "red princess".
Local administration is a bit overwhelmed but cheerful enough about getting all their new citizens armbands and bank accounts and apartments. They have heard all about the red princess. "Very, ah, dramatic of him."
"It's terribly romantic but I have no idea how people'd explain it to their children if they were watching - hairpetting in public - he should really have married her first -"
"Elves don't have a nudity taboo but we have a taboo on loose hair. I certainly hope he's going to marry her, they were hairpetting in public."
"Of course he's going to marry her."
"But he should have done it first - the world's getting so wild and liberal these days -"
"It'd be really irresponsible to get married until you're sure you can stand each other in and out of spring -"
"Unless it's political?"
"Who marries a red for political reasons?"
"Do I have to grow out my hair so I can unloosen it -"
"People who live in the city are very used to seeing aliens by now, don't worry about your hair."
"Yes, it is irresponsible to get married right off the bat, but you're supposed to be discreet until you're married, see."
"I don't think it's political, he's wildly in love with her, but it would be good politics, everyone being all angry about reds like they are..."
" - I guess there's that."
"That's actually kind of clever really."
"If you think he thought it out."
"And it was awfully romantic."
"Wasn't it just."
"They're angry at the Amentan governments for mistreating reds and they're angry at Vanda Nossëo for catering to the Amentan governments and waiting until they approved cleaning procedures before they offered you all the chance to emigrate."
"I think Prince Canafinwë probably did it the right way but people who are critical of the process don't really care that the other Amentans would have been angry, they feel like if you mistreat people you lose the right to have your feelings about that kind of thing taken into account."