Oh, it's very emotionally communicative, Elf singing. For example Findekáno is desperately worried for Kib and Maitimo is trying to match him there but it's being interfered with because he doesn't actually think that the real Kib has been harmed at all, and he feels guilty about not being able to have the right emotions about the situation but he is also unwilling to get invested in the things the Enemy can contrive to make it look like he's doing to his loved ones because then he'll just be even more miserable constantly.  Lovely singing.

Ruviri vaguely wonders if she should go meet Kib but she's not very good at people she isn't touching and nobody has suggested that would be even sort of a good idea.

He's really sensitive about privacy and would feel - mindread - he already knows that they can read him all the time because the computers work but he doesn't have to think about it - and Aydanci can mostly do the thing, at least all of the parts of the thing that help Kib.

She nods.

Also you lose more things when you touch more people, right, I wasn't paying much attention it was all flavor text -

Yeah. That's why Cir grabbed Bright, wanted out of it. It didn't bother Ruviri as much as it bothered him, she knew she'd be looked after, but she likes it here and likes being around Cir even though he's left home.

When is Bright from, do you know?

Can't remember. In fairness she is not sure having fewer siblings would have made that information easier to retain.

Yeah, I'm just imagining how I'd react and it depends how old I am. That one does sound like Sauron's plotwriting - he's not very creative, see -

She doesn't have a broad range of information on his literary tastes but from what she's heard he does sound kinda one-note. Cir is Cir, though, she would know, he was the third person who touched her after she was first dunked, first Pa then Ma then her new big brother.

He can't quite believe her but it's still lovely, getting a picture of people like that. Cir is Cir and probably something horrible will happen to him - the right flavor would be some kind of new magic from some new world that gets the me to hurt him -

That doesn't seem very likely to Ruviri but she'd notice if it was happening.

Yes, obviously she'd have to, otherwise it wouldn't be a plot hook at all - the worst thing about this mindset is how solipsistic it makes you, he hates it in himself and he hates himself for it -

Kib probably does the same thing? She doesn't know, hasn't met him.

He does. He's very snarky. It's adorable. 

...and not hateful?

It's Kib.

Well, Sunset is himself and she loves him.

Sunset is not himself he is a very delicate bunch of lies that maintain the ability to lie, the ability to hurt people who cared about him and not much else.

She loves him anyway and she thinks he will get better.

Sure, if nothing plotty happens.

She doesn't really have a way to convince him it won't.

Wasn't expecting one, don't worry. 

Bright goes to find Ambela.

"Hi."