At the End of All Things Elves in Revelation
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"They could at least clean up the black hole for later demonic replacement, then."

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"I guess you could have fairies keeping the planets from suffering the lack of sun too badly in the meantime, yeah."

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"I'll break them if I need to but I'd really really much sooner not."

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"I understand."

He names all the mail labels and sends them to Zota for review. They are:

Attn Valinor: Media Recommendations
Attn Valinor: Politics
Attn Valinor: Culture
Attn Valinor: Math
Attn Valinor: Science
Attn Valinor: Language
Attn Valinor: Art and literature
Attn Valinor: Miscellaneous
Attn Valinor: Ill-Advised Attempts At Personal Ads

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"What's a personal ad?" Almáriel asks Zota when apprised of this.

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"Oh, that's if you want a boyfriend or a girlfriend but meeting people is hard so you narrow it down by saying what you're looking for and what you're like. Revelation seems to think it's a bad idea but he said otherwise people were threatening to clutter Miscellaneous, so at least this way nobody has to read them if they don't want."

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"There are a few Elves married to humans, it's unwise but it's not disallowed. If they write really lovely poetry maybe some people will write them back."

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"Should I tell him that?"

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"I suppose?"

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"He says he can advertise that but if it got far enough the humans would be really upset about not being able to see whoever they were writing to."

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"Well, yes, they'd be doomed romances. Why would you write someone who lived on a hidden continent if you didn't want a doomed romance?"

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"Because Elves are pretty and people are silly and there are a lot of people. Do some people want doomed romances on purpose?"

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"Yes. Humans don't?"

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"Well, there are a lot of people."

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"So, the personal ads are for doomed romances."

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"I'll tell him." Pause. "He says somebody who was a little cleverer but still silly might be hoping their romances would summon them, after they die."

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" - oh. Well, if it's allowed, maybe. I suppose perhaps we should decide if it's allowed before everyone gets entangled."

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"I have been talking to Revelation enough that I think I can predict that he would agree with that!"

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"I'll ask the King. That one won't be decided in less than thirty hours."

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"Okay. I guess dead humans might be okay to have here because they aren't humans any more and you can bind them?"

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"Yeah. The last time humans came they had guns and wanted to take over Valinor and enslave everybody and horrible things happened when we tried to stop them, that's the thing we want to avoid. If we could send them home any time and there were bindings, horrible things couldn't happen. I guess they could marry someone and then get bored and abandon them? That'd be cruel but maybe not the kind Valinor should protect against."

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"What are you supposed to do if you get bored with whoever you marry?" wonders Zota.

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"Move to a new place? Try new, ah, things - I don't know the details, I'm not married - take a little time away from each other - there're magic items, too -"

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"What do the magic items do?"

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"I don't know, I'm not married."

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