Yeah.

One of your cousins died in the attack, you should know about that if you're maybe going to go help. Image. Continued hug.

Oh, no. That's hard when you're not used to it.

Yeah. They're doing okay, pretty much - more memories - but having you there might make it harder, you'd want to be careful.

Oh, we're not going near them unless it's needed to fight off orcs. Thus the letter.

She nods. That sounds reasonable. I can work something out so they can send me to come get you.

Great.

Nod. Thank you. Hug.

If you have a plate or something I can enspell it to let you send things to my cave, that way I don't have to keep checking in for the letter.

He grabs one.

Enspelling it only takes a couple seconds; explaining how to use it, a couple more.

I'm not sure when I'll be back for more experiments, but you might want to start working on ideas for how to block mages from casting on people. I'm not sure it's possible, but if it is it'll make it a lot safer to have more mages around.

I will tell the geniuses.

She pauses contemplatively for just an instant. All right. Is there anything else you need here?

We're super busy and safe as anyone ever is in Endore, so I don't think so.

All right. I should get going, thank you again.

Yeah. Take care. Don't tell my cousins I'm sorry and I hope they're okay and stuff, they wouldn't appreciate it.

That gets an amused snort. Might be wrong about that. You take care too. And she disappears back to the cave.

Not a disaster, they offered to go and help fight if there's fighting again - they don't think it'll be very soon - and they're writing a letter with advice about staying safe. Progress on the politics, too.

Progress on the politics?

She sends the memory of the exchange about their past and present motives and wants. It seems like both sides are more reasonable than the other side expects them to be. Which makes for a pretty solvable problem.

I do hope so.

She nods. I think so. And the letter will help, I think, and I hope they aren't attacked again but if they are and your siblings go help that should help too.

Well, that's something.

Yup.

Thoughts on this? She sends the memory of Tyelkormo's 'Don't tell my cousins I'm sorry and I hope they're okay and stuff, they wouldn't appreciate it'. I think they're probably wrong, at least if I find the right moment and share it exactly like that.

No, I think he's probably right. Or at least that they'll express disgust and annoyance and anger if they hear it.

All right.

I should get back, unless there's something else?

Not here, no.

All right. See you for lunch.

Mountain. Eldar, singing ones.