...let's head back to the palace. 

Back to the palace they go!

Where she should totally look over this revenue report behind closed doors - Isabella, I love you, I am a better ruler with you at my side, we can accomplish so much, you are brilliant and -

Come here and kiss me.

Oh she will so totally do that.

Mmmmmkiss.

There are no obvious kissing-related incompatibilities!

- so I'm assuming Florida Elf was an outlier - how quickly do Elves or more relevantly you prefer to progress from kissing on to whatever else -

I mean, it's relevant that for most people the - end stage of the progression - is irrevocable - but admittedly past kissing I don't actually know what I'm doing -

...expertisewise, or literally do not know what nonmarital intimacy might consist of?

...I snuck a glance at Earth erotica but it's really, really varied -

...yes, it is. So is actual sex.

Well if you know what you want you get exactly what you want because I - don't, yet -

Nothing in the erotica appealed especially?

Oh, lots, but - more dynamics than acts, particularly. It's a shame you can't make me do things, I found that - those ears are bright red -

Isabella runs a finger along the edge of an ear. Be a bit of an investment. ...Quicker from the shared lucid dreaming angle.

Oooooh. I probably shouldn't encourage you to devote magical energies to - personally appealing things -

I did just finish up the one I was working on.

That'll make me better at ruling the world. Worlds. That's different. Kiss. Also I spent rather a lot of mental energy imagining ways you could take me up on that ill-advised promise -

I meant that I'm not currently devoting my meditating-on-psionics to anything else, I'm between projects - and do tell -

Yes but I should think of things we're going to need - though I guess most generic ones like artifact design it wouldn't make sense to have you doing, personal optimization's a perfectly reasonable priority - 

I can work on a couple things in parallel, also do attentional capacity or something -

- don't feel like saying how I could've taken you up on your promise?

I don't know what you want I just know I'd do anything you asked, I've been so - moping isn't even the right word, it's like being constantly on fire -

...somewhat more energetic kissing.

That sounds nice.