I think so too.

Governor sometime or do you think it's still best to spend your time with Aydanci? Or would he want to play?

You know, he might be convinced to play. Possibly only on my team, though.

That's very fair. Non-evil, let's not scare him.

I'm not sure he'd be scared exactly, but I can show him notes before dropping him headfirst into an evil game.

So maybe I'll be at a bit of a disadvantage while Aydanci picks up the game and I catch up on my memories.

I bet you'll live. And anyway I am looking forward to winning a few games, I feel I've been very patient with the whole mess.

You've won more at non-evil than I have, I'm just better at evil so far.

You are terrifyingly evil for the objective best person in the world.

I use my powers for good. A person who was less good at thinking of evil might not have thought to be anonymous about storks and then where might I be. I told Aydanci you said I was the objective best person in the world, incidentally, he was charmed.

Of course he was, Maitimo says a bit smugly.

Yes, yes, he is slightly me-obsessed.

You should find it flattering. And it's convenient when the best path to doing right by someone is to be your best self and do the things you do best.

I find it a little worrying - I mean, he was slightly me-obsessed before too but this level of it has post-traumatic written all over it - but yes, extremely convenient.

Maybe Lorien in a few centuries when he's ready.

I'm hoping it doesn't take him centuries. If he isn't substantially perked up in two, three years I'm doing something wrong.

Fair enough. But - it can take as long as it needs to, neither of you are ever ever going to die, pretty soon no one's going to die, he doesn't need to feel rushed.

Yeah, rushing him would constitute doing something wrong. I'm trying to project 'the new normal now and forever is us being alive and together'.

Approval, contentment, pride, determination. Ah, those were osanwe'd, people unfamiliar with it sometimes fail to correctly distinguish them - I'd smile at you but I can't.

I didn't find them hard to identify! Yay me.

The risk as I understand it is that if you didn't know we could send emotions you might just think you were feeling them.

I... think I would have noticed anyway, but yes, being aware of the option helped.

I think the risk is pretty minimal, but you're in any event obliged to warn. So. You're warned. More pride and approval and general fondness.

I will bear this in mind before I start emoting at people. You know, it never annoyed me before that neither I nor Aydanci is telepathic but I have gotten so used to the convenience.