"And Epic will just have to live with being weirded out."

"If he minds a race-and-genderswapped alt of his adoptive mother dating a genderswapped alt of his son then he is not being reasonable at all."

"He doesn't even have his own kids. So unreasonable. If Elspeth dated an alt of, uh, Frigg, that would not be that weird except for the thing where she has a werewolf."

"Yeah, exactly."

"I almost said 'Odin' but that would be strange because Odin is terrible."

"Maybe Odins come in not-terrible in the right circumstances, too."

"I suppose that could be."

"The Maitimos are kind of unusual but, like, lots of slaveowners in the 1800s would probably have perfectly decent alts if they have alts anywhere that just doesn't let 'em own slaves."

"Probably!"

Cor mills around. He teaches a Fëanor his languages and directs him to Ranary for a third. He gets Sibyl (who only ever leaves her neighborhood an hour at a time after making sure nothing would need predicting if she stayed) to explain dynamics to him. He pets both Crickets. He solicits suggestions on what to name his Arda since "Flashdark" translates awkwardly or maybe everyone would just get used to it?