"I'm sorry, I really have no idea how to explain it to aliens."

"You're sorry? You saw me peck my husband on the cheek and you asked every child around if I'd molested them and you're sorry. I suppose that's better than the alternative."

Sigh.

He shakes his head. "I really liked it here but I think we'll find somewhere else to retire."

"I think you should, yes."

Each of the remaining blues except the one who moved to Noldo territory go back to Amenta. The one who moved to Noldo territory with the yellows and greys goes to his constituent management office.

There's an Elf. "Can I help you?"

"Hey, uh, you know the other blues who retired to that cheese place?"

"Yes."

"Uh, they all left and they told me it was because they started asking the Elf kids if they'd been molested when some guy kissed his husband and they didn't want to find out what was next. Is that a Vanya thing?"

" - what part of that?"

"Freaking out about a guy kissing his husband? Because they're both guys? I think that was the problem, anyway."

"That's illegal here also. There are some outlying communities where it's not really enforced."

"...every single one of the yellow and grey women who immigrated here is pregnant now and can't leave if their kid springs sideways and it was flagrantly irresponsible to take immigrants without mentioning this."

"Ah. Uh, I think it honestly just would have slipped everyone's mind, it's pretty much unheard of. And I can try to arrange for them to say it doesn't apply to aliens, it could just not be at all the same thing when it happens in aliens. And if a kid is, uh, sideways and would like not to be the Valar can fix it. Is it common enough this is a serious concern -"

"If one of the kids springs sideways they will probably be up for being - don't call it fixing - they will probably be up for being pointed forwards unless they fall in love with someone in particular really quickly, but it doesn't seem smart to count on that indefinitely for however many kids people have here, it's not common but it's definitely heard of."

" - Prince Nelyafinwë'll sort it out, he probably sees it all the time what with having stolen your country. I'll write him and say we need to get it figured out quickly."

"Yeah, one of those kids they already brought along is four now and unless she's already reseasoning or slowing down too much to spring yet or something she could spring any day."

"It'll go out with the urgent messages next lightleaper trip. Thanks for bringing it to us."

"Mm-hm."

She follows up two weeks later. He replied: Amentans are exempt from laws regarding homosexuality. Was going to talk to Ingwë about it also but I'm not allowed into Valimar right now, sanctions, and think he's likely to double down if we try writing him letters about it. Anyone wants to relocate we'll pay expenses.

They all already left. They were really upset about it, all "they seemed so nice".

I feel really badly about the misunderstanding. Elves who are like that have something really wrong with them.

What is it?

The reason they worried about the kids is because Elves who are that way are extraordinarily likely to also be sexually violent and hurt children and so forth. It sounds like among Amentans they're just entirely separate things.