He hugs Rebecca more.

"Kat and Catherine are about the same age, they've been almost like twins since they met, we've been keeping Kat in her room."

Sniff. Snuggling Kat. Nod. "Thank you."

"Of course."

"Do you have a place to go, you could move in here, so they can still play -"

"Really? I, uh, seemed to have been set up with a place to go on an orc planet but you are clearly not orcs even to the extent that I am - that'd be really nice of you -" She glances between them. "- married, huh, how'd you do that."

"...right place at the right time?"

"Damn. Failed step one." She kisses Kat's forehead.

"Uh, he'd definitely marry you. He is the mopiest me imaginable whenever I kiss her."

"He didn't seem overwhelmingly into it before."

"Aren't Quendi neurotic about wars? Also if I were keeping Rebecca chained up in my storage room I wouldn't feel entirely great about proposing marriage - not the sort of reason you want a girl to have -"

"Even after that! Anyway I can't get married, I'm not an Elf or a whatever you are."

"Well, maybe he's a moron," he says, and kisses his wife. "What do you mean you can't get married."

"Awww - um, Quendi do a magic, soul thing, it doesn't happen to me. I dunno what you do, you don't look that kinda married."

"We just tell our families and as relevant the government and the church that we mean to be married? I think in church weddings something happens before God and all but it's not something you would tell by looking -"

"The magic soul thing you can see in their eyes? It's kind of hard to see but I don't see as good as them. I guess maybe your thing works for whoever."

"I think so." Hug.

"Awww." Sigh.

"Rebecca is the best thing that ever happened to me and I mean to tell all the mes in the universe to go find more of her."

"I love you."

"Macalaurë already found me, just didn't - I'm glad you're happy though. I just needed Kat and I'll be fine."

"Just didn't want to fuck up and did not realize 'delaying for years' was a form of fucking up because he is a Quendi. And a moron."

Hey.

Beka jumps. "- is he here -"

"He's inside but. like, Quendi, they've got ridiculous senses -"