Re: Ariel/Cal
"I don't know that I want to learn everything. I like the human touch, and sometimes nothing beats a face to face, like now. It's so much better than texts." She understood the need, but she would not rely exclusively on the phone.
She frowned while she concentrated. Thinking while tipsy required a lot of concentration. "We have realms, nations. So it's like if all the realms joined, except in space. That's kind of nice, although I'm not sure how it would work. Each realm has its own king or queen."
She nodded. "My father is the King of the Sea and I ended up marrying a prince as well." She really frowned. "I'd never teach a man how to fish, thank you very much. But also why don't they farm? That would help with food as well without hurting the fish." She bit her lip when Cal asked about Eric. "It's been... different. I met him when I was fifteen. I was married at sixteen. I'm twenty now. I haven't been without him for four years." She missed him, but also she felt free in a way she hadn't in years, and then she felt guilty for feeling free.
"Oh you simply must sing something. Loki sang something from Asgard. There must be something from your planet," she said with a smile. "The bus is like that. There are drinks and foods from all of our realms. I guess it wants everyone to feel welcome."