“No, I’m not mad, and it’s nice to hear more about how she’s been doing,” said Murray.

“We became fast friends, and what are friends for if not to encouage eachother to go for their dreams?”

“I guess she was lucky to have you,” said Murray, “I had a leprechaun friend who was dating the lady who’d kept me safe from Trudi. In a way I envied him, not that I had any feelings for his normal sized girlfriend. It was more that I envied his situation. He was the same size as me, and in his case, he’d always been this size. Yet he was in an ongoing safe relationship with a woman Trudi’s size, who had no interest in bringing that relationship to an end by eating him up. She didn’t even have any interest in eating me, which needn’t have bothered her when she had all her romantic needs addressed by the leprechaun.”

“You really love her, don’t you? Trudi, I mean?” said Pandora, “I can hear it in your every word.”

“I’ve spent the last few days wondering if it was worth getting caught again, not that I had any chance to avoid it,” said Murray.

“Maybe it would help you to look at it this way. I saw the state she was in before, and I’ve been witnessing the extent of your love for her today. The situation as it was in those months you were apart .... Well that just couldn’t have gone on. Things had to come to the point you’ve both reached now,” said Pandora.

“I guess I’m agreeing with you emotionally, even though my heart is at war with my self protective instincts,” said Murray.

“Sure, that’s only natural. But you’re no longer in a position to be able to do anything about your self preservation instincts. From where I’m sitting, it seems that the best thing to do would be to maximize the romantic opportunities that being recaptured has opened up to you, while you still have the chance to enjoy them. And I know she feels that way about you,” said Pandora.

“How does she describe me to you exactly?” asked Murray.

“First you were her hero, her time travelling white knight. Then you became her most deeply embedded eating aspiration. She carries both those feelings for you in her heart every minute of every day,” said Pandora.

“Then why doesn’t the implied contradiction ever catch up with her?” asked Murray.

“Because to her, there isn’t one. She can be both grateful for the new timeline’s lease on future life you’ve given her and equally enthusiastic about ...” Pandora trailed off.

“About taking mine away from me,” said Murray.

“We tend to grab at all the chances for happiness we get in this world,” said Pandora, “And in that world of giants too, apparently. In this case, one of the happiest upcoming experiences in her life will be one of the most challenging experiences in yours. If she doesn’t take the opportunity, she’ll be back there feeling her share of what you’ve both been going through for three months on end.”