That is fine!

After a week the absence of notes and questions and test results from Feanáro becomes notable.

Oh, he's probably mad at you and responding by inventing you immortality so he can be as rude as he likes when he gives it to you and you still find yourself badly positioned to complain. That's a thing he does. We should go explain.

Now work for you?

It does.

Off they go. How's my discretion-by-comparison doing?

I have been thoroughly enjoying it and expect there to be no problems. Monogamy is an even more inbuilt assumption than heterosexuality.

I was a little worried that Aydanci being such a shut-in would make it harder to sell. But people stare at him and he's more introverted than I am and basically just wants to hole up and not interact with people who aren't me.

Was he like that in Aly's memories, or is it grief? If the latter, you two could consider a renewed-honeymoon to Lorien, it really is good for that sort of thing...

Some of both. What about it is good for that sort of thing?

Este is the Vala of healing, and Lorien of dreams but he does a fair bit of healing too, and the place is enchanted to be - whatever you want it to be. If you think it'd be nice if it were cooler and shadier, it is. If you think it'd be nice if the water had bubbles and foam to play in, well, now it does, if you want the trees to just direct everyone away from the two of you they do that... if there's a food you like, the leaves can be asked to taste like it...

Huh. It does sound nice but I think Aydanci has gotten very firmly into the habit of channeling all his psychological problems into work and will need to be more used to me being okay before he can relax on that front.

That's fair. I wish we could be of more help but that kind of grief is unknown here.

Yeah. Lucky.

It will be unknown everywhere as soon as possible.

Good. Maybe then he'll relax.

Do you think he agreed to the no-compromises scheme because it was what he wanted or because he is not in a good psychological state and doesn't think he has a right to care?

Sort of between the two. I think he has spent the last couple decades in such a pit of agony about thinking I was gone forever that now that I am back inconveniencing me is unthinkable. I do not think it would improve the situation if I inconvenienced myself on his behalf in any substantial way. He gets weepy when I make him tea. That having been said if I do break up with you and/or Findekáno at some point I am not planning to acquire any replacement boyfriends.

He nods. That's difficult and I am not sure how to make it better.

My strategy is being deliriously happy at him! I think it's going over well.

I am very glad to hear it. Ending death in your world seems like it'll go over well too.

Oh yeah. I told him ending the pox seemed like a reasonable proportionate response to me and he went on a rant about how, no, if it were that he would have resurrected me immediately and then eradicated all of the diseases and then also death itself for briefly inconveniencing his spouse.

That is adorable. Don't tell him I said so, I think he thinks we're failing to grasp the magnitude of it, but still. Awwwww.

I know right?!