It's a social convention.

Weird.

What, do you expect us to not pair-bond when we can't have get-high-for-days sex?

I'd expect people to pair up anyway, but 'hold a ceremony supervised by a guy in a funny hat in which you tell everyone that you're totally going to pair-bond right now' isn't how I'd have expected it to manifest - or is that just because the movie is ridiculous - 

Nah. The guy in a funny hat's a priest, by the way.

What are those?

Uhh I think Maitimo said you guys used to worship the Valar before you figured out what they actually were...this is like that only not for the Valar or any being who's been proven to exist.

Okay.

It's kind of ridiculous.

Well, I wasn't going to say so.

I arguably belong to a religion but Judaism's different than most of them in that you can totally be One Of Us and keep the traditions and be a part of the community and stuff without actually believing in God.

So they're sort of like guilds with an associated communal mythology which some people take seriously?

Well, most of them aren't, most of them if you don't take the mythology seriously you're not really a member, but basically.

Makes sense. 

The characters in the movie are having a sword fight. He watches with fascination.

The scene where Inigo Montoya finally avenges his father's murder is definitely one of her favorites.

He puts an arm around her and laughs and finds it very enjoyable.

She drapes a wing around him and snuggles up and feels a warm, vicious satisfaction when the man with six fingers on his hand dies.

He can't muster up much animosity for the man with six fingers while there are clouds of server dust floating around outside, but. Yeah. 

Cam still reading a book?

He has finished the book and returned it to Bar and is now looking idly through sheet music on his computer.

It is also possible he's just a very introverted person. 

Do we want to make a list of people we're going to need to plan how to end this thing as fast as possible when we let the time-stop go in a couple of centuries? he asks Edie.

Might as well.

Emily, Macalaurë for morale and possibly Maitimo just because he's on this ship and it's not any additional trouble and he'll think of things we haven't - are there skillsets we need - guess I should ask my dads that...

You know these people better than I do. Except Emily.

Maitimo knows these people. I actually mostly can't stand people, I didn't spend much time in the city.

I'll feel the more flattered that you like me so much, then.