He glances at Kib. "Think those were all our questions that weren't just voyeuristic speculation. I really want to meet Loki."

"I can tell her to drop by when she's in to pick up the orcs."

"Thank you very much."

"You're welcome!"

He returns to staring adoringly at live! thinking! Kib! because that's clearly the best thing to be doing.

"Aww," says Cam, and off he goes again.

"So Aydanci had me to himself for a while and then you had a turn and now I guess it's Findekáno's turn to behold my regained conversational skills or whatever."

"Probably! Findekáno, do you want a Kib, I've got one and could probably be very temporarily persuaded to let go, and if I find myself unpersuadable he's got root privileges back on all the golems and can wrest himself loose anyway."

He comes in a minute later. "I would love to see Kib."

"I'm visible. I was visible yesterday too, of course."

He hugs him. "I'm sorry about yesterday."

Hug. "It's - okay."

"Okay is something. How're you doing?"

"Having thoughts. It's more interesting than the alternative."

"It has a lot to recommend it. How's the lost world?"

"Island with the fluffy grass is still there and still fluffy. Didn't go wandering anywhere else."

"Maitimo, shoo. If you draw up plans to terraform Kib things, Cam can do the terraforming! And apparently enjoys it!"

Maitimo shoos. Findekáno hugs Kib again. "Did he tell you we might be getting married?"

Snuggle. "Yeah, he said in like a month maybe."

"All the orcs need to be reembodied first, or something. Also I think his alt wanted to give us some time to think it over. Though they're happily married. Also I don't know what we'll tell people. Maybe the truth; at this point there's no Valar to appease for access to a world in need."

"Apparently Loki does free will in batches and can't do it here because we're too far away from her world."

"Your alts are fascinating. ...If you start getting jealous remind me to tell you the plans I've been working up to scale servantmaking."

"Not so much jealous as - intimidated, I guess."

"They all seem lovely. It's a shame Aydanci seems one-of-a-kind."

"It is possible they will all be jealous of me over him."

"Mitros was jealous of Maitimo over you."