"What does hobbit courtship involve?"

"Oh, it's very subtle. You just spend time together socially and then you disappear together for a month and when you come back you're married."

"And what if you leave and come back with a stranger?"

"Then you're a little scandalous."

"And yet still married?"

"That's between you and your partner."

"A sensible system."

"We have our moments for that."

"The dwarven method is much more involved."

She bites her bottom lip. "You said something about crafting things for each other?"

"With several points of exchange, and a few rituals thrown in..."

"Sounds very fancy."

"It can be, especially if one of the people involved is of a high status..."

"Well, I'm pretty important actually, y'know," she teases.

"A princess of your realm?"

"If we had princesses, I would definitely be one."

"Unfortunately making you a princess of the dwarves might get politically complicated..."

"If 'politically complicated' is code for 'have real responsibilities beyond looking amazingly pretty' it might be okay to skip that step. I don't think I know enough about dwarves to handle that to everyone's benefit right away."

"There'd be a lot of responsibilities, yes."

"It'd be good to leave those to people who know what they're doing. Unless there is no one doing them already."

"There'll likely be expectations put on me regardless of who's already doing what..."

"Maybe I could help with some of those."

"I'd like that help."

"Cool. So. Um. Should we go?"

"If you're ready."