He didn't mention friends but I suppose he might not have wanted us to know how he planned to verify things.

He knows a bunch of moonshot project people but I'm the only one I think he sees one on one for social reasons.

I will let his grace know he's in rarified company. Smile.

Smile.

Tower! It looks out on villages and farms and the mountains in the distance.

Nice. She will happily sketch.

He will too! He's remarkable at it. He compliments her frequently. He sings. 

Ranary peers at his drawing and asks how he does certain bits of it occasionally.

He's happy to describe the process! 

After a while - your friend's done! I can take you there now.

Great, thanks!

Of course! And would you like to get dinner afterwards, once you two are all caught up?

I'll probably be hungry by then!

...I am sure they'd also bring food to your quarters, if you'd rather not go out with me. Though the King'll be annoyed. 

- oh were you - Private thoughts flicker; wasn't he just being hospitable? Maybe he's actually just that impressed with the drawing? She's not as pretty as any of those Elf girls in the baths. I'm sorry, I'm a little oblivious.

I haven't the faintest idea how to be forward enough to make sense on another world! I, ah, all the girls I've liked have been human, it's something about the ambition and the priorities -

Do Elves not... have... that?

Some do! Elves are - more willing to sit on something for a thousand years. In general. 

Well, yeah, I guess humans wouldn't be willing to do that, kind of impractical. I would be happy to get dinner with you. Cor can wait on one date, she's been on dates since school.

He beams at her. He escorts her to Cor.

"Ranary! Hi!" There is a hug. ...they switch to Gatetalk which Cor hasn't taught anyone and chatter rapidly.

He takes notes!

It has some Senserke vocabulary here and there but totally unrelated grammatical habits. Ranary's accent is markedly different from his.

He's having a marvellous time. And presumably the orcs can corroborate Melkor sucking.

She says something presumably about how she is going out to dinner with Elon, based on the pointing. Cor is congratulatory.

Elon waves.