"When we can scale back the number of public-facing roles that will solve it entirely; right now we just need more people than we have married ones jointly willing to uproot their lives. Even if it's only three or four Years."

Nod. "Most people do not have Temple-Guilds looking over their shoulders to safeguard some overlap in interests, but possibly some third party review of proposed relationships - or even an aboveboard formal matchmaking procedure to divert opportunists -"

"That's a good idea. Speaking of Temple-Guild safeguards, they've been courteous enough to not mention if we're worrying them with Cir and now Ruviri but if there's some level of oversight that would spare them any concern -"

"I'd recommend consulting them, on that, I'm not an expert in their internal management. They were kind enough to take my word for the nature of the circumstances when I had to retire two of my mages shortly after engaging them, but that may have been my status or Tse Witwex's word on it."

"Thank you. So how can payment be arranged?"

She calls in the minister of commerce, who wants demonproof currency solutions and as she predicted medical instructors.

He arranges those! If they do this kind of electronic currency system it'll even be compatible with Valinor's!

He asks at the Temple-Guild about oversight.

Cir and Ruviri have been making regular visits home and have not seemed injured, disturbed, afraid, or conflicted. They should continue to visit their family, but no one needs details.

Okay. He arranges for Ruviri's contracts and starts drafting a review process for Elves who want to meet humans on Godspring.

Aydanci and Kib are on dissimilar sleep schedules, which means that Kib's boyfriends can visit while Aydanci is asleep and not deal with him being annoyed at them.

"He's entirely entitled to be annoyed, he's been pushing himself past exhaustion for a very long time."

"We should probably discuss it sometime but it can wait a few Years, if that's what works better."

"Aydanci was raised by Elves, not brainwashed by Elves, he will not take that long to get over it especially given that he thinks it's reasonably likely you're real."

"Time doesn't run consistent, it could be a week for you two."

"It syncs up if there's interaction, just osanwë me sometimes and we won't get that off."

"We can do that. We've had a couple of days, you?"

"One and a half."

"How are you?"

"...Comfortable."

Nod. "I agreed to one of the people who fall magically in love with you. It's soothing. You'd hate it."

"Yeah sounds creepy have fun with that."

"I'm trying not to get used to it but it is superior to stepping into a paused world once I got the memories transferred and waiting for you to come around and I was not expecting to find anything that was superior to that."

"This is sort of an interesting incentive structure. Increase confidence in reality of simulation, trigger boyfriend death plot."

"I mean, the whole point here is that as long as you feel that way about it I'm going to figure out how to keep existing."

"Oh, yeah, obviously the only effect would be to extend the time I spend on the fence."