"Then we should ask how to make that timeskip -- which the two of you will actually need to live through, from your own in-story perspectives -- bearable and even pleasant for both of you!"

"But it really does make sense to see if there's cheaper and more cheaty answers than that, before assuming a problem can only be solved by time.  Like if telepathy is a thing on your world, for example."

"Then we should ask how to make that timeskip -- which the two of you will actually need to live through, from your own in-story perspectives -- bearable and even pleasant for both of you!"

"But it really does make sense to see if there's cheaper and more cheaty answers than that, before assuming a problem can only be solved by time.  Like if telepathy is a thing on your world, for example, or if there's one particular enemy of Leareth that the two of you can together hunt down and persuade of some true fact that makes them stop being your enemy."

"Then we should ask how to make that timeskip -- which the two of you will actually need to live through, from your own in-story perspectives -- bearable and even pleasant for both of you!"

"But it really does make sense to see if there's cheaper cheatier answers than that, before assuming a problem can only be solved by time.  Like if telepathy is a thing on your world, for example, or if there's one particular enemy of Leareth that the two of you can together hunt down and persuade of some true fact that makes them stop being your enemy."