Elsewhere: 

What?

It doesn't make any sense to me. Aitim is acting like he thinks it's some kind of harmless mistake but then he also doesn't really get why the hair would matter.

Please stop talking to me.

 - he blinks worriedly. 

Uh?

- yes?

Explanation!  - and I think I offended your me only I don't know what -

- oh. It's the ratcheting implausibility of this whole situation, he doesn't like implausibility, Angband thing.

Do I want to know what kind of Angband thing would give you an allergy to implausibility?

He thinks he could still be there. And I guess Sauron's really into that kind of thing, so.

And yet somehow one of us managed to be confused about whether there was anything wrong with it.

Well, you're pretty dense about relationship things. I guess you can take that really far when you have no reason to believe in the concept of goodness.

That is very upsetting to think.

It sounds like the 'no reason to believe in the concept' thing takes pretty exceptional circumstances. 

I'll talk to Maitimo.

Thank you.

Maitimo?

Go away.

 - okay.

Michael goes to find Rabka.

Rabka is wandering among pretty Elf buildings, listening to Elves singing and trying to learn the lyrics!

"Hi."

"Hi! I heard that the Arda you landed on is unusually bad, for an Arda."

"People've been saying that, yeah."

"Are you happy?"

"...sure, do I look sad or something?"

"No, but lots of people would not want to be in an unusually terrible environment."

"It's lots better than where I came from."