"That'd be great, thank you." 

Cam sends out some survey drones to leap about and find someplace that won't take weeks of terraforming to be habitable.

Rollout continues. They make a very productive team of doubles. It's Mitros's birthday, and unlike Maitimo he's not so old that it's faintly ridiculous to even track those, and there are plans for a concert (Maitimo and Findekáno are unimpressed with Makarial. Though he's very good for a human.) and a state dinner.

And after dinner when Iobel assured him that he would not be expected anywhere Cam wanders up to him and says, "So it's your birthday."

He's off-balance for a second, but only a second. Then he settles on 'enraptured'.  "Oh, she did ask you? She asked me if she could but I was hardly going to remind her and it's been a very distracting month."

"She asked me, yes."

"I barely know you but I think Iobel is the most capable, brilliant, manifestly deserving of power person in this world. The minute I realized who you were I wanted you."

Wag, wag. "You she had to vouch for but she was convincing."

The tail is adorable. "She deserves, in addition to a husband who adores her and respects her and is absurdly good at building her kingdoms as presents, one who wants her. And I can't. It's so annoying. It is a miracle she puts up with me, but then, you know, absurdly good at building kingdoms as presents.

May I kiss you?"

"Yes you may."

He kisses like she does, actually, modulo the extra century and a half, if Mitros remembers - but of course he's taller and stubblier and apparently considers his wings an essential component of anything that is going to involve standing this close together.

Mitros remembers. This kiss is much nicer. The stubble and the wings are only part of the reason. "You have such a perfect set of powers for who you are," he says, "for who she is. Building things. Racing around the multiverse building things. Building worlds. I am so delighted that you came here first."

"It is in fact my theory that which kind of daeva one is is based on personal affinity with the magic type."

"Then you are the demonest possible demon." It is really a shame they cannot talk while kissing. He has his communicative telepathy for that but it's one way and might startle Cam. He does not want to startle Cam. He wants to keep kissing Cam.

Kissing is good!

He will still find openings to talk, occasionally, he wants to see the smug look on Cam's face that Iobel gets sometimes.

Cam can do smug, especially if he is going to be charmingly complimented like that. Other things Cam can do: wrap his tail around Mitros's leg, present the back of his neck as the most convenient location to kiss, gasp fetchingly.

Oh, my. Well, he can definitely kiss the back of Cam's neck, and hold him, and this is lovely has Cam told Iobel that she likes being kissed on the back of the neck, she probably doesn't know...

Hasn't come up. Might show her at some point. (Gasp.)

Might show her at some point - he's going to shelve that thought for now and focus on getting more delightful reactions from Cam -

Cam's got lots of those to showcase. Those and flight muscles and nonzero acquaintance with finding his way around on a dude.

Mitros' counterpart is the biggest idiot in the multiverse and Mitros hopes he knows it. 

Not that he's thinking about that much.

Good, thinking about that too much right this minute would represent a failure of Cam to be an excellent birthday present. (Mitros should instead think it later.)

Cam is a fantastic birthday present. He will think about it for weeks, but not right now.

Good.

Afterwards he will cuddle with Cam for a while, quietly dazed, and then he will pull his head together enough to think about his counterpart being the biggest idiot in the multiverse. At length. He can do this and murmur extravagant compliments at the same time.

Best birthday present.