"I don't think he minds doing relationship-initiating but - hmmm, he would definitely want to feel sure he has desirable characteristics other than interest in her and unobjectionableness and greenness..."

"You have lots of desirable characteristics but I'm not actually good at describing people."

"Yes, I know. We were friends, so I could feel very confident that you liked things about me. It's trickier from a standing start - not, like, impossible, just a thing where it'd help a lot to be able to tell him that they should date for more reasons than his liking her blog and her reasoning a lot and their alts being married."

"Should I be directing her to something he's written maybe?"

"Maybe? He's been working on warp for the last couple years but I'm sure she knows that."

"I'm not sure she knows that. She follows politics in detail but warp has been being publicized as all his dad's thing to a first approximation."

"It was his idea, but they built the first prototype together. In their basement. And there was a lot of refining and things."

"Well, then she should be made aware of that. And he should be made aware that she has been made aware."

Kiss. "If you say so."

"How do you advise doing the second part?"

"I can write him and say that I don't know how to incorporate any kind of magic into the Mars simulation thing that isn't just a variant in volume or duration on the features already included? And also that Pelape thought the story about them building a warp engine in the basement was hilarious and would probably enjoy it even more firsthand. Assuming that she will find it hilarious. It's a good story."

"I can go tell her about it and make sure."

"Yes, do."

She goes. She comes back. "She says 'how did they test any of the functions of a warp engine in a basement?' but she was giggling."

Minor writes his alt. 

Kefin is willing to come back to Earth even though he will probably reseason and hates that.

Pelape is still reseasoning. Occasionally she catches the same bus as Hala but it does not appear satisfactory.

He asks Karen how that potion is coming.

"It's really complicated, I think it's a couple years out. The most conceptually similar things that already exist are love potions. We've only killed fifteen weasels so far?"

Giggle. "It's okay, if it were easy they might've figured it out without magic. I assume the springing weasels reproduce like Amentans without population controls and the fifteen are all replaced?"

"Yes, we have lots of weasels and more on the way. We're testing on the ones who've seasoned here and the ones who haven't separately in case it matters."

"Thank you. - oh, on that topic - do you still want to get married, now that there at least exist lots of people who wouldn't mind if you married a girl even if they're not in our social circles?"

"Uh. What time frame do you have in mind here."

"I am not in any kind of hurry, just wanted to check in."

"I want to remain not engaged just dating for possibly as many as several years while waiting to see which way the wind blows. Like a coward."