"Evil god that Elizabeth's planning to kill. The neat thing about evil gods is that when you kill them a lot of evil things stop. Much neater than whole evil groups of people."

Nod.

She lets go of the new Imrainai and flies back over to snuggle Alex and is sort of melancholy about this whole business of Imrainais having to have children before their time with people they don't know.

Snuggle. 

It would be easier to help her if she didn't look at her friend every time someone asked her what she wanted.

Should I tell him to give her some space?

I think that might be - slightly like someone telling you to give me space.

It is not totally impossible that I should give you space, too?

Headshake headshake headshake hug.

Hug. I don't want to. Just. I don't know that either of us would notice, if it was a good idea.

Maybe eventually.

I think I've had too much space, mostly.

I'm here as long as you need me.

Squeeze.

I don't think she wants to find the father.

I did catch that. 

I - 

- he was wronged, too, even if he's not right here in front of us suffering from it where we can see him -

Yeah.

I don't know what thing's right. But it's - sad that she isn't making decisions about it.

Nod.

I wonder what I'd've done, if the ritual didn't work.

Hug. 

I'm okay with hurting and wronging other people for your sake, so if you'd wanted to cut out the father I'd have helped even though I think it would've been wrong. I don't know if the new one has anyone who - feels that way, yet.

I mean, I wouldn't have had anyone else there besides you and Wishbone, it would have been kind of dumb to exclude him. And he was there, already. I just don't know how it would've been shaped.

This one - I worry about her shaping the thing entirely based on what other people want.

Nod. 

Hagan's friends are trying to figure out if someone should marry her. I have - no idea whether that's shaped like what she'd want.

I dunno either. I don't know if she does.

I guess all the other me's seem like they mostly want to be married to people. But you'd have to have a good person, or it isn't any good at all. Also the concept of marriage, which we don't know if she has.

I'm not sure if I should be concerned about the marriages of all the other yous either. 

They are a little bit of a concerning set.

Yeah. I am worried that the most reasonable mes about are - too reasonable to marry a girl they just met.

They should probably all wait some amount of time to make binding decisions, really.