"...that does sound kind of fascinating."

"I know, my publisher thinks it would be very popular."

"I look forward to reading it."

"That would require more routine contact between worlds than you've seemed enthusiastic about."

"I'd miss you if you went home and I never saw you again. I can put up with a little bit of contact between worlds for that."

"Aww."

He smiles slightly.

"Your talents will be admired in my world should you choose to deploy them there."

"It'd be nice. Not sure how much being-around-gods I can put up with for that, though."

"If Maiar bother you as much as Valar they are a little difficult to categorically avoid, you find Maiar all sorts of places doing things like organizing rocks according to whether they have a prime number of atoms."

...giggle.

"Maiar would bother me much less than Valar, but Eru bothers me most and he seems hardest to avoid."

"Yes, you can stay off his moon but he can act anywhere."

"Yeah. Not my favourite thing about your world, that."

"The Valar usually advise that people don't attract his attention because he will say hurtful things."

"What sorts of hurtful things does he say?"

"Oh, he'll comment on people's narrative arcs."

"Sounds annoying. Wonder what he'd think of mine, though."

"Hmmm... 'excessive denouement'?"

He laughs.

"I suppose you can always check. He probably won't do more than talk; seldom does unless the Valar ask."

"I think I should probably stay well clear of him. Talking to an omniscient creator deity sounds like the kind of situation where I'm likely to lose my temper, even if he's not my omniscient creator deity."

"Well, it would be fine if you flung him off a roof."

Snicker.

"It could be recorded and put on the Internet."

"Would people find it very entertaining?"