She switches to the backstroke after ten laps. Ten more and she rolls over again; breaststroke. She has waterproof headphones and an audiobook going.
"Yes but I trust we're awesome enough. And the two of you should have a date without me, too, probably."
"Do you suppose? People do vee, it doesn't have to be a triangle. I mean, as long as spring comes on time, you know. - I'm not opposed, just wasn't particularly assuming."
"I swear you're the same during winter as most people during spring." Looks at Pelape again. "I'm not opposed, either, you seem really swell."
"Okay, we can schedule something, but with the full awareness there will be no need to call the whole thing off if we are better off not actually trying to date."
Giggle. "I can bring a plus one to the Oddball Blogs panel in two weeks, who wants the slot? Utota Malain will be there talking about vintage furniture, I'd have to look up everybody else."
"As opposed to some other Pelape Milath - Pelape's a common name but Milath is not, I've never needed an adjective."
"There are probably a hundred Ohan Elamikes, but I will not be fooled by imitators."
"You would spend all your time wondering what poor choices you must've made to land so close to and yet so far from the top."
"Depends, are you one of those people who finds your creativity improved by limits?"
"Incredibly smart, very interesting, gorgeous, knowledgeable, diamond-in-the-dust1, yellow-productive2, and delightfully persuasive."
Translator's Notes:
1 Adjective saying someone has some rare skill or piece of knowledge. Sometimes has caste connotations if said with a caste name and is seen as a bit gauche, but the more progressive people at the time of writing use the casteless version fairly often to compliment someone in a manner that is aware of the fact that within a caste people still vary a lot and statistical averages do not set things in stone.
2 Adjective that means someone is as hardworking and productive as a very overworked yellow. Has somewhat humorous/tongue-in-cheek connotations.