Yes, that.

Eventually, though, probably after multiple false starts, they'll actually be ready to head back downstairs.

Sure, okay, whatever.

If nothing else Odette still has human food requirements.

This is very reasonable.

She teleports them outside so they can come in through the door instead of down the stairs.

Hair all braided and everything.

And clothes unrumpled and assorted other signs gone or hidden, yep.

He is, in fact, talking politics with Illia and Andreth.

Odette solicits food from Bar and a summary of any details salient to her from the politics conversants.

"We were talking about how to take over the multiverse."

"Cool." Ooh curry yum. ...Has he figured it out yet, she wonders, trying not to let the question cross her face or whatever it was that Maitimos used.

If so, he does not comment. 

Well that's something.

Actually.

Has Andreth found out about the married and engaged versions of me? she asks him privately.

Yes, it came up briefly. And Matt confirmed that her boyfriend spent thirty thousand years moping.

Ah. Not exactly surprising, that.

I think it might be a shiny tree Elf thing? My cousin wouldn't do that.

That's good.

Yes, definitely.

Well, your alt-brother cleaned up okay from thirty thousand years dead wife. Maybe the Aegnor'll do okay.

HIs wife wanted him back. It is not obvious to me that Andreth will in thirty thousand years.

Yeah.

Dunno if she'll experience it as thirty thousand years, though.

You mean in Ozymandias? I was thinking of your world.

It's not going to take me thirty thousand years to bring my world's him back.

I still don't know if she'll want him back.

That's her prerogative but I imagine that "She's alive but justifiably doesn't want to take back my sorry ass after I dumped her" is probably an easier environment to learn to get over someone than "We were married and she's dead and I had to viscerally experience her being dead and it's basically the fault of other people I care about."