Not on a specific schedule except I want to be home for dinner, Aydanci's brother's coming over.

Alright.

And after a moment's awkward pause - marriage has not, if you were wondering, made us monogamous.

I couldn't think of a good way to ask!

You can at least have faith that if that turned out to be a side effect we'd have, after getting unmarried, talked with you if we wanted it back!

Yeah, I figured. Was getting unmarried weird?

I feel really badly for everyone in Elentári. It's both unpleasant in its own right and would be horrifying to experience without knowing how and why and that it can be reversed.

Loki's got a waiting list going and she's putting people's fatedness back whenever she picks up the Aether.

Oh, I don't blame her at all, she's obviously doing the best she can with it and losing your soul bond with someone is worth it to free all the orcs. But still. Glad we could jump the queue.

Yeah. She's sort of perpetually annoyed that she did not "completely rescue" Maedhros and probably finds doing nice things for his alts soothing to this annoyance.

He's all rescued.

Yes, but it took longer than she was aiming for.

Well, that's an interesting standard. Maybe it's a not-Elf thing, maybe it's a Bell thing - I shall be satisfied with your rescuedness once you're up to shape no matter when that date comes around.

Sigh. That'd be nice.

Not optimistic?

I don't know how optimistic to be.

Fair enough. Optimistic enough to come over here and kiss me?

I will be delighted to kiss you. And he does.

Kisses. Hair-petting.

I think I would enjoy watching you two and exploiting my soul bond to get the experience anyway without all this very kind dancing around my missing pieces.

Clever exploitation of soul bonds, I like it. And he goes and kisses Findekáno.

Who does not need to be kissed slowly and does not mind hugs and is delighted with this application of soul bonds.

Maitimo curls up in the corner and watches them.

Kib: also delighted with this application of soul bonds. So convenient and cheaty. He will make an effort to be pleasingly watchable.

Kib: does not have to make much effort to be very pleasing. He is so adorable.

Good, this is the correct attitude for people he's having sex with to have.

The rest of the visit: not spent on moping or self-recrimination!

Love you both, Kib says when it is time for him to go home for dinner.