Did he leave a number?

Took some badgering but yes.

"Should we call him or - wait a while?"

"He's probably still in the taxi, let's not make him talk about it in front of the taxi driver."

"Okay." Sigh.

"The odds are not overwhelming that his spouse is a woman, how's that affect the Elf cultural stuff -"

"It would mean that 'we offer them both a lot of money to move to Valinor' is - differently off the table - the Valar feel really strongly about no one having two living wives, so it actually might be easier to convince them 'a husband and a wife! that's okay!' - but that assumes George and unknown spouse even want to do that -"

"Seems unlikely just on background probabilities. We want them to live in Valinor because?"

"Normally what I'd do with an accidental marriage is suggest they live separately but go on dates, get to know each other -"

"It's sounding kind of like he picked her up for casual sex, misunderstood something, and has a whole life on Earth it may be difficult to incentivize him away from."

"Then there may not be much we can do."

"She gonna be okay?"

"I'm sure she'll be upset."

"Forever?"

"Probably? Not - constantly, but not - there is some point at which being unable to ever marry and have a family will stop being upsetting -"

"Living spouses - he'll die eventually -"

"I was hoping to cure that."

"How fast?"

"Don't know, but it feels perverse to hope it'll take too long for most currently living humans -"

"Yeah."

Sigh. "Thanks for helping, either way."

"You're welcome. He's back at his hotel if you call now -"

"What happens if I do?"

"Picks up, says hi, sounds exhausted."

"Alright." She calls him.