"Yep."

"Well, I guess if it's a stable personal taste."

"I don't think he'd object to there being a law about it, he just wouldn't see much reason for it."

"Is the Maitimo's behavior in fact legal or just..."

"King's above the law - King is the law. That's a pretty standard way to do it. Other people are not allowed to do what he's doing."

"...I suppose that could be worse."

"It could definitely be worse."

"But it is surprisingly terrible."

"The poor Findekáno. I guess he's... getting a break?"

"It'd be kind of terrifying having your leadership mysteriously disappear into thin air in the middle of a war. Maybe it's worth it, though, don't know."

"Do we know to what extent that is in fact going to produce a problem back home - was Macalaurë next in line -"

"Yep. He has people who can do the day-to-day without him, and there were plans for losing them both at once, but it won't be good and if the Enemy takes advantage it could be very bad."

"Hopefully Shasali gets somewhere asking about portals."

"I really, really hope so."

Elsewhere Pink Peka II asks Pink Peka I if she is too married to hook up. Pink Peka I asks her husband what he thinks of that.

"Can I watch?"

"Sure!" says Pink II.

Gosh.

Pekas hook up. It's pretty similar to the last time Pekas hooked up. (Pink II learns that Grey Peka is pretending.)

"Poor her. It must be kind of unpleasant having everyone act disgusted at your - forks, more or less -"

"Yeah, probably," agrees Pink II, brushing out her hair. (Pink I has acquired hair kink by osmosis and was all over it.)

"And poor you, you don't get your own Macalaurë wherever you go," says Pink I.

"There's her native one, right? Once we figure out how to do portals."

"I guess now I know that if I show up pretending to be clean..." says Pink II.

"Yeah we don't really know how delicate that is and it's dangerous," says Pink I.

"Well, maybe their Amenta will come up with the cleaning idea soon and then it'll work."

"That'd be neat," says Pink II.

"Rabka doesn't get her own," says Pink I. "I guess she doesn't seem to mind much."