"Awwww."

"Also I don't know how long it's been for the two of you because Milliways doesn't do time consistently, but it's been a week and a half in here."

"Oh, wow, not that long, like a few days?"

"Ah. Do Elves not sleep."

"Less than humans. Does everyone else have rooms arranged in here?"

"You should probably telepath your brother, I dunno."

" - he says yes, they can make the rooms pretty enough at least for the time being. The Moon arcologies are prettier so apparently it's a popular assignment."

"I'd be down for more experimental brain surgery if they get those things working in Muggle humans."

"They're very useful. - they're not where the species difference in musical aptitude comes from, though."

Am I that obnoxious, he refrains from asking. "Uh huh."

"What is it then?" wonders Amriac.

"Not sure. I thought it might just be the absence of humans who were older than a hundred but if it were that you'd think daeva'd find Elves less impressive."

"We were pretty excited when humans invented audio recording so we could figure out what their music was supposed to sound like, too."

"Do you think that's all there is to it?"

"Novelty is important! I don't know if that's all..."

"I guess we'll see soon enough."

"In, like, a century?"

"Or a few, yeah...also depends how many other worlds get publicly known..."

"What a time to be alive," says Amriac. "Anyway why were you glowering at me, Michael."

"Among we mortal species vanishing for a week and a half is bad manners but I guess if it wasn't a week and a half for you you're excused. I was glowering at him because he is full of himself and it's obnoxious."

"We are the same person."

"Yeah that's most of what makes it obnoxious."

"You could've come out and said hi, you know."

"It would've been a little awkward sitting there while you hit on him."

Amriac rolls her eyes and sighs and goes over and plops herself into Michael's lap. "Don't let's be jealous, I don't think he even noticed and you haven't made the slightest implication you wanted me to yourself even if I were in the market for that."