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"It did a little, but on the whole, he was okay with it," Garen replied "At least she could have kids, so the family line wouldn't end with me It was the rest of ht I'd gone nuts in the head"

"So I gather it was a s reception?" Aldrec said

"Pretty small," Garen said after another s of ale "Mostly androids -Noroa's faone if dad hadn't forced her It was a pretty skiood"

"That you and Noroa are happilya kid?" Aldrec said

"Well, that too …" Garento say that itwench returned with a second h with Garen, he enthusiastically refreshed his palate

"So tell hter "What's your thing with Meri?"

"Thing?" Aldrec said, his expression again blank

"Yeah," Garen replied "I know elves really well; I ith 'e about them, but never in all ot the hots for an android"

"Well, like I said, I'm unusual for my people," Aldrec replied, and threw Garen a sly look

"Ain't that the truth With the way I've seen you looking at her, you must feel a lot for her … Or want to feel her a lot!" He snickered at his own joke

"To be co as drunk as a o, "I've never felt this way for anyone else before Everything about her is siht words, " …overwhel: her sht, the feel of her hand in ood eye for detail," Garen observed, idly fingering his nearly e of ale "You remind me of hohen I'd fallen in love with Noroa"

"How did you o, when I hired Skori and his family on a town hall restoration project," Garen explained "Noroa signed on for secretarial hile the others helped the construction and restoration guys I guess she and I just clicked We started talking to each other during our break ti different places after work Sooner or later, I realized that I was falling in love It took h Skori that she'd felt the sae to talk it over, decided to promise ourselves to each other, and well … the rest is history It's kinda simple, really"