"We could kidnap her?"

"Tempting, but that might fall under 'actual harm'."

"Well, I'll see you when I'm in town, anyway. I do stop by sometimes."

"Yeah. And, you know, I can come along sometimes. Just not all the time."

"You'd want to?"

"I haven't tried it! If I hate it I can just, you know, not do it again, and I like you, and getting away from--well, almost everyone in Tirion who isn't related to one of us, it seems like sometimes--sounds nice."

"Definitely the best part."

"Most people in Tirion are pretty okay over, like, the short term, but. We live here! Because family."

"I don't know why my dad didn't pack up Years ago. Nelyo, maybe."

"Seems plausible. Also I think the linguistics guild might be hard to convince to move?"

"The people he likes would follow him."

"It could just be Maitimo. I don't really know your dad that well, mostly I have secondhand reports from Marille."

"What's she think of him?"

"He deserves his reputation for genius and has poor social skills so you can assume that if he says something hurtful it was probably not intended that way."

"He doesn't have poor social skills it's that most people suck."

"Fair."

"He's fine around people who don't."

"Marille hasn't had any trouble, so I have no evidence against that."

"Good."

"Marille's not a terrible person, she's just--more in the habit of communicating with them on their level?"

"Wasn't accusing her of being one, she seems okay. But I sort of default to expecting bad news."

"Fair enough."

"Why d'you want to travel?"

"Because I like you and I like trying new things and the intersection seems obvious?"

"Okay. Did you have a 'where' in mind?"