Mhm. You're clever people, you can probably defuse a trap if there is one. Still hope it's not necessary.

Yeah.

We're going to hoist Morgoth on his own petard.

I hope you're right so badly.

Yeah. She shifts back human. Ear scritches are lovely but she wants to properly hug him now.

Love you. Thought I'd never see you again.

I'm right here. I love you so much.

Stay alive, please -

I will. She can't really promise him that but if anything did happen to her again it wouldn't help anything for him to be miserable in the meanwhile.

Hug.

So much hug. They have five Years to make up for, after all.

And he thought it was forever.

Yeah.

Does he want her to let him be not-okay or does he want her to remind him that it's over now?

No, it's not. Well, that is, but not -

Well I was, in fact, referring to that, so.

I love you.

I love you.

It wasn't forever. I'm alive and back and here in your arms.

Yeah. Hugs. But I didn't have any reason to expect that -

Mhm. Snuggles. Such snuggles.

What do you want to do next?

We should probably get back to Huan and Imliss at some point.

Yeah. Okay.

But Imliss objects to kissing in front of her so she's going to kiss him some more first.

What a silly objection.

Idaia would defend her sister if she had enough brainspace to devote to that as well as kisses.