You are doing commendably. It is not concern with anything you've done so far that inclines me to urge you to wait, just familiarity with the difficulty of the task ahead of you.

I appreciate that, but I think waiting is going to do more harm to the people I'd otherwise be inviting to come live there than it would do me good.

Fair enough. Good fortune.

Yeah. Odette's doing non-city-related things for the moment, so I'm not leaving immediately, anyway.

Diplomacy?

Well. Debatably non-city-related. She is talking to the Dorthonion refugees instead of flying me there. I think she's going to talk to Brithombar or Nargothrond a bit after she's done with that.

You really shouldn't go to your city alone. The Enemy could overwhelm you.

If the Enemy is a serious threat to a solo flyer with or without passenger or passengers Odette is going to be so annoyed with having to drag...archers? along with her.

The Enemy is not a serious threat to your sister, not as I understand her. You he could eventually run down.

I am not planning to travel to my city without my sister.

But is she going to stay there permanently?

Probably not, but she carved multiple of those sigil things per square inch of wall.

Those don't do anything about orcs. If I were the Enemy I'd send a hundred thousand of them at you and hope you passed out from pain or exhaustion before you killed them all.

I'm not sure at this point that there's anywhere she's likely to go that's far enough away that she couldn't get back before that happened if I called for her when the orcs started showing up.

Sauron could also stop in personally.

At that point what exactly would help?

Being able to fly away. Having at least a few hundred people trained and equipped to hold the fortress until Odette arrived.

Perhaps it would help if I knew more about what he can actually do. All I really know is that Maedhros didn't think Odette could take him in a straight-up magical fight.

We don't know much about the capabilities of the Ainur. I agree with Maedhros' assessment, though he's seen more of Odette and of Sauron than I have. 

And the sigils won't slow him down?

They will. Just - without anyone to hold the walls, all he has to do is break them somehow, or magically challenge them.

What do you suggest?

Wait until you have people for your city, or until Odette's able to remain there. I would have mentioned this earlier but I didn't expect you to be ready to move in in a matter of weeks.

I don't think Odette's going to be interested in settlng down at least until the war's over.

So then wait until you have people who can help you hold it until she arrives.