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[awesome_lilly]

Lilly heard about the latest epidemic (love, not amnesia) from her BFF and not her husband/secret cause of the epidemic

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[seeks_sixfinger]

If you ask Inigo, that smile is not alarming. It is entrancing.

Which is why he's staring, rather, with a faint smile of his own.

"Good evening--Lilly, yes?"

[awesome_lilly]

"Totally Lilly."

He gets a smile back.

"Inigo, right?"

Like she doesn't know. Still, this is the one polite thing Lilly regularly sticks to in Milliways.

[seeks_sixfinger]

"Yes."

She remembered his name! And he remembered her name correctly.

"I hope you have been well? It's been some time since we spoke."

Why he's gone so long without speaking to her again is beyond Inigo, at the moment.

[awesome_lilly]

"Oh yeah, I've been great. But it has been a while."

Lilly nods at the bar stool beside her.

"Have a seat, we can catch up. Want anything to drink?"

[seeks_sixfinger]

Inigo needs no urging at all to join her.

"I'm fine--but can I get you anything? I would be glad to," he offers, eagerly.

[awesome_lilly]

Lilly laughs a little.

"Sure, why not? I'll take a vodka tonic, thanks."

She smiles at him.

"So, what have you been up to? Anything interesting?"

[seeks_sixfinger]

Inigo repeats the order to the bar, and the drink is produced.

"Nothing too exciting, but business is good," he tells her, returning the smile. "And you?"

[awesome_lilly]

"Let's see."

Lilly tilts her head, thoughtful.

"Oh, I accidentally got married! That was weird. And then someone threw kids at us, and that was even weirder."

[seeks_sixfinger]

Before he can even think about controlling his reaction, Inigo's face falls.

She said 'accidentally', part of him points out.

But she hardly seems very unhappy about it, another part counters.

"Oh. Married?" he manages, eventually.

[awesome_lilly]

"Married."

Lilly shrugs.

"It's not so bad. Puck's handy with the kids, and actually his boyfriend is surprisingly good with them for a trained killer-type."

[seeks_sixfinger]

And now Inigo just looks puzzled.

"Your...husband has a...boyfriend?"

That is not how they roll when and where Inigo is from.

[awesome_lilly]

"Oh yeah," Lilly says nonchalantly.

And then she remembers that Inigo is from a land of True Love. And possible blathing.

"We have a weird marriage, in that... uh. We're not actually sleeping together, and dating other people. Well. He is."

Lilly sighs, a bit.

"So unfair that my husband has a boyfriend and I don't."

[seeks_sixfinger]

Inigo's starting to look a bit more hopeful.

"I am no' sure I understand. If you were from my time, I would say that sounds like a marriage of convenience, but those usually happen as some sort of political arrangement."

[awesome_lilly]

"Well, it's kinda like a marriage of convenience, only... not."

To her credit, Lilly realizes this is not helpful.

"I mean, we like each other fine and all, but it's not romantic. We just haven't really bothered getting divorced."

[seeks_sixfinger]

"I see."

It's a weird sort of marriage, but he seems pretty cheerful at understanding it.

"So neither of you is...averse to the other having other relationships."

Don't come on too strong, he tells himself.

[awesome_lilly]

"Oh hell no."

Lilly pauses.

"Or at least, you know, if the opportunity came along and it wasn't too complicated. It can get that way when you're dead."