Calm down, it's good news, we're going to win the war and then everything's going to be good -

And he explains -

He mostly calms down during the explanation. That is good news.

You haven't told them about me?

They'd be horrified. 

And you're sure that wasn't an act for the - not-yous -

Certain.

And not mind control.

No. Just - enough safety that 'do right by everyone everywhere' seemed like a reasonable goal - it destroys them, I think, ordinarily, during the war, but these ones are all whole and all wholly sincere in it.

You haven't told me not to talk to them.

Are you trying to apprise me of an oversight?

No. I haven't spoken with them, I'm not immediately planning to. I just want to know - why not - 

There's too much magic here to do this with orders - except I guess to want what I want, forever, but I feel like I'm going to need to borrow a fair bit of what you want, to make this work -

He raises an eyebrow. I can swear to want what you want and you can swear to want what I want.

I'm not sure I know what you want. Personally, I mean. I know what you want for the world.

I don't want you to have children. Please.

He flinches.

The other set - it's not like this?

It's not like this. I wouldn't, you know.

How would I know that?

Well, now you do because I told you. Do you want me to swear to it?

Yes, go ahead.

"I swear I would never force you to have children, or bring children into a relationship like ours."

Kiss. Thank you. Do you want - to be like them?

In some respects I wish I was like them. Which is  - different. And our war was much much cleaner, and normal mes end up in Angband and then end up levered into doing horrible horrible things anyway, so - I'm glad I'm me, it worked, I knew what I needed to be to win and I did it and I won - but if I'd been someone configured to different conditions you would love me, that is sort of hard to know.

I could stop hating you for the things you did to win. I haven't, because it didn't really seem worth the bother, but I could have - would have, eventually...

Your point?

The door. He opens it.