"This is also confusing to me but I think I'm the odd one out in this respect."
"But apart from now being married on purpose and therefore presumably having more comfort around that extremely specific topic - can you explain - the development of the comfort level? At all?"
"Hm. I... Learned how she worked, liked her company, and we got used to having each other there? I... Don't know what you'd like to hear, Isabella, you might be better at this?"
"I... didn't meet you before, but I'm starting to suspect I have a higher baseline comfort level around new people in general than you do, Iobel, probably cultural reasons. I was surprised by his sudden appearance but never really that awkward around him - over time he just sort of naturally progressed from 'some restraint is probably necessary because I haven't known this guy that long and don't know what his sore spots might be' through 'we are friends and I know the general shape of what's what, I can make jokes and tease him' to - flaunting. Path and Vern talked to each other and Path reported back to me, but except for telling me that I ought to wait for him to kiss me first instead of doing it myself that didn't have much in the way of verbally describable effects."
"Right. That. I have to agree. Sorry, wish I could give more information."
"Unrelatedly, I'm going to make a checklist of things we should definitely do for you guys as opposed to maybe figuring out how to do. Immortalizations, portal wherever you want it, language spells, a mirror pair so we can chat without traveling, what am I forgetting?" Isabella asks, writing.
"Uhhh.... Possibly armor their clothing because paranoia, protection tattoos for the same reason..."
"Ooh, do I have the fixings for the protection tattoos..." Isabella peers into her portal bag. "I will need vinegar, but otherwise yes, I can do a set of those and still have enough for immortalizations, but I'm going to need to restock at home. You guys have vinegar? Any kind works."
"Yeah. I can hide them if you don't want them even somewhere less than visible, though. On my world it'd be useful because it'd be a sign you were protected by a witch but here nobody would know, so if you don't like them cosmetically..." She shrugs.
"There's a half-dozen of them offering - limited, alas - protection against various things."
"Limited is not none," says Adarin, fondly. "Thank you for giving me them."
"You're welcome, love. Fair warning, they don't tickle, but it just hurts for a second, it's not like getting a nonmagical tattoo."
"Well. If they'll help - just a temporary bit of pain is doable."
"If you bring me some bowls so I don't have to use the same one for every mixture and wash it in between, and you're willing to have the to-be-tattooed locations exposed while you're in the same room instead of requiring weird logistics about that, start to finish less than an hour."