"I recognize her. Like I recognized you."

"His marriage has been arranged already?" he asks, looking at Fëanáro.

"No! They don't do arranged marriage as far as I know and they're both small children! I've just met her before, through her dad, when I landed it was really bright and I wanted sunglasses and Rúmil took me to her dad's workshop to, uh, invent glass."

" - that's incredible."

"I think I mentioned the time I got obviated future visions from the Valar - there were seven people hanging around future-him and I didn't know who they were but two of them were identical twins. And I assume all yours have black hair but three of them had red, and so does Nerdanel."

" - so we likely marry the same person - and have the same parents - and have the same children - what does that mean?"

"I don't know! I mean, he might not wind up marrying her, he was just fated to before I came along being not part of the fated plan."

"I don't wanna marry anyone, it sounds weird."

"Your call."

"When you are older you might want children and you ought to marry the mother of your children."

" - or are magically obliged to, in your case, I guess."

"It's not going to come up for at least forty years."

"Do you like the kids you had with Nerdanel?"

"I do! Highest quality of kids. A man could not dream of better kids."

"Hmm."

"I assume her name isn't exactly Nerdanel?"

"Neferure. Not as close as our names are, but we don't have -rd and -nel isn't a name ending."

"Well. If it would interest her to know you can tell her that in another world she is a redheaded Quendi yea high." Gesture. "Does this one have a sister too?"

"Four of them."

"Huh. I suppose it doesn't actually matter which one she corresponds to for any practical purpose, does it."

"I think I'd actually like to figure out how many people there are mappings for and which ones, it might be important to unravelling why it happens at all."

"I'll only be able to check people I've met but I have met Nerdanel's sister. - Hyellindë."

"I don't remember their names," he says a little guiltily. "We can ask her at dinnertime."

"Sure. Is there a dinner event tonight?"