"No - the, uh, underlying ideology is about the purpose of sex - but it's not - it's like your purity thing, people at home install toilets on their own and think nothing of it, but if you're raised all surrounded in it then it feels like it's real -"

Savo shivers. "- did you need me for anything I have conceived a sudden urgency to be in the mountains I'm not doing anything important here anyway -"

"By all means -"

Savo chews his lip as he hastily shuts down or reassigns all the work in progress in his office.

He is unobtrusive.

"- I need to lock the door behind me on my way out -"

"Of course." He leaves.

And Savo departs the building anxiously.

No one chases him down to fuck with his head. Maitimo goes back to his ship and hides and sings.

Elsewhere, they lightleap. He checks in on the fatherless baby as often as he can without being intrusive.

Peka is in high spirits still at the end of the lightleaper trip. She steps out of the shuttle down to the surface and beholds Valinor and gasps and holds up Katin to look. Katin is unimpressed.

"Welcome to Tirion! There wasn't any chance to write ahead so things might not be set up yet, you can stay in the palace while we get them settled."

"A palace. Wow."

"Your countries seem to have much more distributed rule." Palacewards.

"Some of 'em have royalty but most of the big ones don't anymore."

"They seemed familiar enough with the concept, yeah." People are staring curiously. "I'll put out an announcement and ask after apartment arrangements and then there'll be an immigration person to get you all set up."

"They'll already know the language?"

"We've got computer translation that is - not terrible."

Snort. "Okay. I can do accents really well - sometimes people called me ma'am on the phone, if I talked orange or yellow or whatever - but I dunno if I'm gonna be any good at learning Quenya. Katin'll pick it up and she can translate when she's older."

"Tapap will be a new fad, everyone'll learn it." Hug. "You'll be all right."

Hug!!!! Katin gets a fistful of his robes.

If Katin doesn't want to let go she doesn't have to. He composes an announcement and sends it off and by then they are at the palace.

It's so pretty.

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

The King comes out to meet them. Macalaurë has to translate. "He says we're delighted and honored to have you both and he hopes you'll be happy here."

Peka giggles helplessly. She remembers how to say "thank you" in Quenya and says that.