I don't know most of what happened, just some of the results. And I'm not sure you want to know the details. She shudders.

I just - can't imagine someone being Maitimo at all, and not being good at people.

They want to be. They're working on it. I can tell they used to be, some of the skills are still there even if the things they originally built them on aren't, and they're frustrated to have trouble doing things that used to be easy. But, yeah. For someone who spent thirty years in those conditions, I think they're doing really well, but they still spent thirty years in those conditions. It's hard to come back from that kind of thing.

Yeah.

I need to know if Fëanaro's dead.

Nod. I'll go ask. Shouldn't be long.

Hey. Going okay so far; they'd like to know what happened to your parent, Fëanaro.

He is dead.

All right. Thank you.

Yeah, dead.

So Macalaure's regent for Maitimo, and he's sorry but can't do anything, not in charge at the moment, definitely isn't a manipulation I don't even know how anymore...

Yeah. We're hoping you might have an idea for something we can do. I'm almost tempted to go steal the things back but that'd definitely cause problems.

We weren't expecting the things back. A portal to a safe place to settle will do it.

Nod. 'Safe' isn't something I can aim for directly, but if you have scouts I can find places with whatever kind of terrain you like for them to check.

Almost anywhere would be safer than here. 

Can I talk to Maitimo?

I can ask. They might only be okay with talking to you through a portal, though, and osanwe doesn't work that way.

Speaking aloud is fine. It's just that if he's pretending to be bad at things I think I can tell and if he really is he needs me.

Nod. Okay, I'll go ask. ...I didn't catch your name?

Findekáno.

Thanks. Back soon.

She reappears in the cave.

Everything all right?

Mmhmm. No luck with ideas but maybe they'll come up with something given time.

Findekáno - image - would like to talk to you. They aren't upset, or not very, as far as I can tell.

Of course he does. I really can't. The Enemy really likes looking like him.

...all right. I can do a portal setup so that they can see you and you can hear each other but you can't see them, if you want, but if you don't want to that's okay too.

That would be better. Thank you.

All right. Light spell?

She gets everything set up on that end, and then returns to the ice with a skin with a portal in it.

The Enemy liked impersonating you; they're not ready to see you yet. But they can hear you and you can hear and see them with this.

The Enemy -

He shudders violently. Okay.

...yeah. She looks pained, and moves to sit next to him where she can lean comfortingly on him.