He's also likelier to be able to guess what the shiny rocks are and how they'd come to be his and possibly what they can do.

They had fucking better do something other than be shiny, this is already unbelievably out of control and if it is over shiny rocks that do nothing I will scream.

Want to come talk to him with me?

If you don't think I'd get in the way.

I do not. He tends to ignore me if you're in the room, actually, have you noticed, but on this I don't think he will. He starts walking.

Kib follows. I don't track people's attention like that.

My father only pays attention to the most interesting person in the room. He loves me but rarely finds me that.

I think you're interesting.

I am glad to hear it. He thinks when he's charitable that I could be interesting if I put my potential to better use.

Maybe you'll get a boost when you're applying yourself to my world and the politics goes farther.

Maybe? Part of the problem is that well-done politics looks like no politics.

Elaborate?

If Tirion were constantly in paroxysms over which of two competing approaches would win, and then my father's preferred approach always won because of me, I think he'd be impressed. But instead, all approaches that end up getting seriously debated are ones that I approve of, and I tend to smooth out the paroxysms, and so politics just looks like people talking about perfectly reasonable disagreements.

Little too subtle for him given he doesn't start with an appreciation for the subject?

Exactly.

Huh. Yes, I guess you should.

They going to be able to put up with it gracefully?

I am not sure, actually. Some probably yes, some probably no. My little brother occasionally sleeps with men and has only gotten physically assaulted for it a handful of times. Though he has a Maia as a personal protector and is also a Finwean.

...there is going to be a problem if restaurant Elves assault their customers for kissing.

No one's so much as said a word to you, have they?

No, but that could be any number of things.

I've been trying not to radiate 'Kib is under my personal protection' suspiciously hard.

Do you know how much I would enjoy it? Or, more broadly, abusing my power to make it Very Very Known who I'm involved with? It'd be so satisfying.