When you put it like that... yes, it is indeed quite strange. [Not necessarily in a bad way, though. They may come from different times, their futures diverged enough from each other to no longer be quite the same people, but they somehow still found their way back to each other. That has to count for something, right? That connection, that chemistry, it hasn't completely eroded with the disparate passage of time, correct?

Hob supposes they will have to see if this divergence has affected their compatibility in any meaningful way. Given just the time he's spent with them in Tides so far, he cannot say it has.]

You will have to remind me of these vows. I shall hardly want to be outshined by my former self. [His cheeks turn hot and red under all that fur, not entirely unaffected by Rue's coy, tempting gaze.] If you would not terribly mind being wed to me once more, beloved, then I enthusiastically accept.