"Ick."

"Yep."

"She knows how to find us, right? We can take the science rock copy of all of the books and go back to our new world and she can come find us if she wants to."

"I told Maitimo how to find us and I think he's using the same spell, so that should be good enough."

"Okay. I am ready to go whenever you are, long as we can come back. And I might touch the Silmarils just because I'm curious." He approaches them to do that.

"Curious about what?"

"What happens if I touch them. They are supposed to burn evil people. One of the Valar enchanted them to, my counterpart wouldn't do something stupid like that."

"Why did the Vala do that?"

"I think it was supposed to be a blessing to protect them because they're so powerful and it'd be bad if the wrong people had them. But still."

"I wonder how they tell if people are evil." She goes to pat a Silmaril.

It does not think she's evil.

It doesn't think Feanáro's evil either.

"Well there you go," she says. "...for whatever a rock blessing's judgment is worth."

"It's not like I was going to believe it if it said I was."

"Yeah, me either. But that doesn't mean it's not nice that it says we're not."

"I guess the Valar don't think we're evil, just dangerous."

Nod.

"I'm surprised that they don't think future me is evil."

"I have no idea what their criteria are. Have they ever burned anybody?"

"The Enemy, apparently, and the Enemy's lieutenants."

"Well those are pretty unambiguous, but I wonder why the Silmarils think they're unambiguous..."

"We could ask my counterpart. He might know."

"Maybe. Do you know where he is?"

"Workshop, probably. 

I guess I could meet some more of his kids, too."

"I'm curious about them."

"I'm curious about so many things it's like the inside of my head won't shut up. Do you suppose they're all so sad."