- are you sure -

There's alternate universe versions of us in there and Morgoth doesn't have enough information to simulate me that well, I tested my alternate.

...okay.

And then she and Celegorm and Curufin are right outside the door to Milliways. "In there," she says, and darts through.

They follow her.

"Thank you," she says to the young man from Ladros, and takes the door and closes it.

"Hello! Curvo, you will want to quiz the Bar, all the yous have wanted to quiz the Bar."

"...I should probably have warned you two about the untraumatized Maedhros," she realizes belatedly.

"Oh. Hi."

"Hi. Are not-traumatized mes something to warn for?"

"Bit unexpected."

And, um, your alt over there. Was also kind of a surprise, she tells him privately.

Oh?

Apparently he and the alt of me with the inexplicable wings are, um, engaged.

Aww. They don't have a war on?

I didn't ask. ...You're less surprised than I was expecting.

You were very surprised?

The closest you've come to expressing any interest in me--like that--was blushing when I grew my hair, which, I had no reason to think that was about me and not just the hair thing. Of course I was surprised.

I mean. Unlike them we do have a war on, and you're twenty-one, and Elf-human relationships are more complicated than winged-whatever-thingy - I am not surprised.

Fair 'nuff. Oh, and I think they said there was another pair upstairs that was married.

Really? Awww. Did this occur separately, or did they inspire each other?

I didn't ask!

We should but I kind of want to ask the okay Maitimo for a hug.

Yeah, I can imagine.

"Um," he says.