"Huh. It is that. And that is a good name."

"Very suited, isn't it? We called the previous extended campaign by the Enemy the Glorious Battle, which was in hindsight a little premature."

"'Sudden flame' is nice and factual," she agrees.

"They're thinking of calling the next offensive the Great Alliance. If we lose I think they'll pin it all on the cousins and call it the Feanorian War or something."

"Of course."

"I think my cousins are very used to exploiting those particular political currents and don't need offense taken on their behalf. Plus, the problem goes away if we just win."

"I know, I know, but being annoyed by that kind of thing really isn't the sort of thing I can just turn off."

He watches her quietly for a moment. "I imagine not."

"Hm?"

"I imagine it's hard to turn off annoyance on behalf of people you care about." It's a familiar feeling but he's hardly going to say so. 

"Yeah."

"How are they? All well?"

"Last I saw, yeah."

"I imagine they're sad to lose you. Maedhros sent a letter asking if I'd given Illia a city specifically to draw you out of their territory. Which I didn't, for the record."

"I didn't imagine you had. I spent enough time in transit anyway flying around doing things that it's plausible that I'd see more of them, teleporting and living in Beth Miqlat, than flying and bunking down in one of their fortresses."

"I think your developing teleportation will be a great boon to all foes of Morgoth."

"I agree."

"And probably good for the longer term prospects for a peaceful racially mixed Beleriand."

She makes a face. "Yeah."

"Not a fan of politics? It's lucky I got Illia."

"She's better for the job, no question. That face was actually about the word 'Kinslaying,' though, not actual politics."

"Ah. 

For the record to my knowledge there have been no incidents of massed violence by non-Enemy peoples against one another except what we did at Alqualonde."

"Didn't Doriath kill a bunch of Dwarves?"

"Individual Iathrim hunted Dwarves before learning they were people. Dwarves don't have osanwe so they didn't realize they had minds. A catastrophic and horrifying error but not murder."

Odette decides to quit while she's ahead. "The word still seems really problematic but if the difference hasn't come up that's at least something."