"Well, it's not."

"If you say so. I'm pretty sure slavery usually isn't very good for people."

"I think that's a human thing."

"Fairies are fine being slaves?"

"Depends whether it's fair, I think? And maybe how good the person is. But Karen's very very good, you know. The best person in the whole world. Maybe in all of them."

"I... see."

"She doesn't think so so I would expect you also don't think so. But she is."

"Do you think having a slave is good for her?"

"Yes. I think it's kind of complicated and, like, if it were hurting me then it wouldn't be good for her, and if I didn't like her and trust her and want to be hers forever then it wouldn't be good for her. But the way things are, I think they're good for her. She needs someone who is on her side, right, no matter what."

"I....guess? Do you also need a lecture on the merits of marriage."

"We're not old enough."

" - that does seem true."

"I do think it'll accomplish pretty much the same thing to marry yours, probably?"

"Can't do that and we still do not actually know each other. Meeting all these - alternate universe Imrainais - has honestly been anti-helpful in terms of understanding her."

"At this point I feel like I understand me less. Also I don't want to marry random people who happened to kidnap my niece a month ago."

He pouts.  "- why'd you kidnap her niece?"

"Some people were trying to use her to do some evil stuff and we couldn't protect her in Cheliax."

"So you saved her niece, that's actually a pretty decent start."

He stands up. 

"Kid. Fuck. Off."

Connor looks very hurt. 

"I'm - not having a very good day, okay? I - I think it's really good that we met you, and it'll let all of us solve a lot of really important problems, and I'm glad of it, and being clumsily ridiculously powerful at peoples' love lives is bad and I need you to stop."

" - I wasn't - I didn't mean -"

"Go bring the Karen who doesn't remember her own name more apples or something."

He runs off to do this.