[personal profile] unfavorableinstigation posting in [community profile] youngwizards_dw
So I was inspired by certain entries from Diane Duane's OTP Challenge for this prompt...

[Narrative Branching: 5 AU degrees from canonical post-timefix timeline.
2.8 AU degrees from timeline established in project titled 'The Art'. Authorial
mental reframes include:
- Anthropomorphism of non-corporal characters allowed
- Physical embodiment and off-planet travel achieved
]
[Narrative Structure: Third-Person Omniscient selected. Present-tense Version 1 selected.
]
[Narrative Emphasis: Dialogue
]


>Hold hands

"I wouldn't be too obvious about it, though; Crossings staff can get... enthusiastic, about celebrities. Especially from Earth."
"Is it comparable with when the servers come out and sing 'Happy Birthday' to you in restaurants?"

[A pause. The peridexis - who, like Webmind in this scenario, has acquired a human personage for the purposes of this trip - bursts out into near-hysterical laughter.]

"Yes, yes, exactly like that! Occasionally there are even party hats, though they aren't always utilized as hats."

"And they make you wear them, too?"

"Of course not! Enthusiasm is not the same as ignoring the absence of consent."