They circle the planet and look at the architecture. They are somewhat disappointed.
"Maybe the aliens think they're pretty," someone says dubiously.
"No," someone else says. "Some things are universal."
"Maybe the aliens are all blind."
"That makes more sense."
"Well we have to pick somewhere."
This place has a lovely large statue-garden-monument thing that Elves would not go out of their way to avoid if it were in Tirion, though they'd probably walk through it quickly. They go for that one.
"I'm assuming you don't just happen to be the one Elf who kinks on decontamination-fried hair? So I'm sorry."
"I could've written, I just - it's my fault, I wanted to be sure you were okay..."
"Assholes. When we tried to insist on body cameras one of the generals showed up to advise Maitimo not to disrespect our greys."
"Maitimo backed down. I would have said 'just shoot me, I find being murdered less annoying than being threatened'. This is why I'm not in charge of any countries." He scuffs the floor. "We could've just gotten you all out and left the rest of the world to panic over their garbage until they got over themselves."
...she doesn't know all the words but she knows the repeated ones and she can croon along with the bits where she only has the tune.
She does not eat dinner at the piano since she might drop something. ...she goes and sits on the same couch as him.
Smile. "- you don't happen to know how probation works if they let me off this time do you -"
"I called and got a lecture about the independence of the judiciary." Pout. "At home I could just say 'she's clear because I say so'."
"I just mean what are the rules, I don't mean hey please let me off just because I helpfully called an Elf a moron once."
"I don't think being arrested for something is a violation of the terms of your probation. Being convicted of something is."
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