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Dear Laura,
I'm in a bit of a pickle. My friend, let's call her "Abby", is in love with this boy, "Bernard", but she's way too shy to tell him so. I think he's not bad, but Abby's got dibs on him, you know? He and I were alone in the bottom of the Norn Meso the other day and he expressed that he was feeling very friendly. I suggested he "push norn", thinking of Abby, but all of a sudden he came lurching towards *me*, with limbs and lips akimbo! I hastily retreated and have been avoiding him since, though I occasionally hear him plaintively calling out his love to me. I can't bring myself to tell Abby either, it would break her heart if she knew that he fancied me and not her! What do I do, Laura? I want to run away to the jungle and never return!
- Helena

Dear Helena,
While running away to the jungle may seem attractive at the moment, it will not solve the problem. Without resolution, Bernard might pine away for your love, and it's plain to see that he has no idea of Abby's affections for him. Men! Abby will lose her dear confidante and ally (that's you, sweetheart), and as for yourself, living in the jungle with mosquitoes and rocklice and Grendels (oh my!) you'll never know what might've been, and you may find yourself regretting your plan of running away in the hours to come. Since we Norns have no concept of fidelity, I think that negotiating a compromise where both you and Abby share Bernard would be easy. I think that way everyone will be happy. I?m sure you can all sort it out amongst yourselves. Maybe devise some kind of 'Bernard Rota', so that you can figure out who spends time with him and when, if you feel he can?t focus on both of you at the same time. After all, apparently friends share everything.

Good luck!
- Laura