"If you needed any more."

"I didn't really."

"I'm sorry. It's a hard spot to be in. I think you're doing everything right."

"I'm honestly not all that bothered by it? I like being friends with him. ...The worst part is that having a crush on him is doing non-elf unhyper monogamy to my brain so I can't deal with the sexual frustration elsewhere, but I can deal with that."

"I sort of figured magic societies would have invented some good solutions to loneliness."

"Yeah for some reason no matter how fancy you get it taking care of the problem yourself isn't as good at long-term frustration relief as the cooperative version."

"Shame you couldn't have picked, like, a not-famous Elf, then you could just ask him and maybe have company while you save the world."

"I mean the actual interpersonal reasons still apply it's not like I'm only refraining for political purposes."

"If he weren't, you know, a Feanorian, I would tell you to go for it. The interpersonal reasons being that he thinks you're too young - I'm not sure Elves mature, honestly - and that you're busy? Stay busy, have a warm bed. I think the Elves are wrong not to wed in wartime."

"Interpersonal reasons also include 'I don't want to risk getting Elf Hypermonogamy on me and then finding out I don't want it.' And, you know, what with the Doom they're justifiably concerned about getting their soul glued to someone else's and then never seeing them again if they die."

"Don't they come back?"

"Normally they do. Part of the sentence of the Doom is that they won't."

"That makes Aegnor's commitment never to return to life so he can mope over me less exciting."

"I will grant you that, but the fact remains that once the war's over and I've re-established contact with my original universe I'm going to see how many Elves I can talk into seeing some fucking therapists."

"Talking Elves into growing up is really hard."

"Maybe they'll eventually make that its own specialization within the field of psychiatry."

"Your world's poor psychiatrists."

"Well, you notice I'm not volunteering for the job."

"Me neither. And I like every Elf I've met."

"So do I, so far, but then I haven't properly met very many as opposed to just sort of seeing them around."

"They keep pretty busy."

"There is a war on."

"Yep. And they coordinate rather seamlessly, they have known each other for so long..."

"The advantages of experience, though maturity be lacking."

"They've very lopsided. Impressive in some ways, so limited in others."