Well, getting settled in here was kind of important, too. But yeah, we should probably be working on that more - learning the elves' language should help with that, at least.

And it'll be a good distraction for Curufinwë and Macalaurë.

Mmhmm.

Thanks for stopping by.

No problem. Sorry I skipped it yesterday.

It's fine. I wasn't expecting you to have a rigid schedule; things come up.

Nod. Consistency's nice, though.

It is! If someone's gone too long I wonder if they're in Enemy hands.

Ah. Well, it'd be really hard for that to happen to me, but I'll keep it in mind when I'm deciding how to use my time.

I know it'd be hard. I'm worried it might not be impossible.

Nod. I'll be careful.

Thanks.

No problem.

You doing okay otherwise?

I might go out flying, it sounds fun!

It really is! I'll make sure to let you know when I've found a place for it.

Thanks! Good skill!

You too.

And she goes and has lunch and tells Findekáno about the flying.

Ooooooh, he says enviously.

I'm sure you can slip away for a little while sometime.

I'm sure I can! Back in Valinor I'd have done nothing else.

Want to help me look for a good place for it? Might alarm the neighbors, here, and it's a good idea to have a lake to land in until you're sure you can hover well enough to teleport down safely.

Sure!

And thus there are portals.

After a little while: Huh. I don't think those are Eldar, they're too small and they don't move the right way. Have a look?

He looks. Yeah, no, those aren't. New species, maybe. Weird.

She reproduces the portal and peers through it. Should we go talk to them? They don't have any walls or anything, they might not know about the Enemy yet.