"Probably."

"I wonder if Valinor had germs."

"Yeah. No one mentioned them but I suppose they might not have."

"Did nobody ever get sick?"

"Elves don't really get sick. Even here, drinking water that makes humans sick."

"...ew."

Elves look slightly baffled by this.

"Even if you have really good immune systems, ew!"

"- I don't really see how water is bad independent of making anyone sick."

"Ew."

"Maybe it's like how humans don't care if things are pretty."

"Maybe."

A clean Amentan would be so appalled at this place.

"Well, luckily none of them have landed on us."

"Yes, that's very lucky."

Beka pats her.

"If one does, I take it we avoid mentioning that we have heard of them from someone with pink hair?"

"Yeah. And they'll be real mad if they find out I've already touched anything they touched. Or that Katin has. Or that anyone who's touched us has."

"Gosh, real mad, we can't have that. We'll keep 'em away from you."

"Thanks."

"It seems like they just have a - sense that things are inherently horrible - which is turned up way too high and catches tons of things that are perfectly fine."

"Ah, yeah, that's probably it."

Doesn't seem too far off. Although reds are fine with other reds and would still not want to drink sewage.

If he thinks that their boyfriend objections are an instance of the same thing he does not say so. They have dinner!

The food here is really good.