"Which is just as well because I'm not persistently attracted to girls, I'm basically just in perpetual search of exceptions that I don't find."

"...that would have made me super sad, yeah."

"One of the many reasons it was never a good idea for me to flirt with you."

"I might have kind of missed that this was ever under consideration!"

She hugs Gem. 

"Well, yes, I didn't tell you, I'm not sure there is a non-flirty way to remark on the fact that flirting with somebody has crossed one's mind, but I figure since we are already looking at married alts of us it's harmless."

"I did not feel flirted with. Anyway, you're - settled down, now, right?"

"Me and Cam are a thing."

"Congratulations."

"Thanks."

"Did you eventually learn some good magic? You're four hundred years later than me..."

"You mean aside from the wish magic? I'd started trying - I could sing down a fortress, but not Angband, I had really good healing, but what actually ended up mattering was the happiness song!" And she tells the story.

It's a cute story.

"And that was about when I realized, I was really happy with Bella around, I felt safe in a completely different way than in Doriath, I wanted to watch her accomplish all the things she was going to accomplish, I wanted her to smile at me..."

"Did our parents take it okay?"

"Not exactly."

"They may or may not have tried to assassinate me by proxy."

"...I wish I could say "I can't imagine that!". But."

"Fortunately Joy had them swear not to assassinate me not by proxy and recognized the Silmarils so I didn't just hand over the crown with them still attached when he asked for it."

"Even if you had, the Noldor wouldn't have attacked you, they try kind of hard to be reasonable about their oath considering what a deeply unreasonable oath it was in the first place."

"Yes, but it would have sucked."

"Fucking Silmaril oath, ugh. I wonder if this batch want free will."

"Are you going to let them choose?"

"Orcs I just drop it on all of them at once without asking, Elves I had to do that once but don't like to."

"I think the Noldor King would stop them if they started a war over their jewelry. And we could probably wish something about it. But still."