In the bottom bunk of a bunk bed, there sleeps a grey. (In the top bunk of same there also sleeps a grey but the bottom one is more immediately relevant.)
pre-Epic Epic lands on Pelape
these-jealous-gods
"She was eighteen which is the age humans are grown up when she arrived, and the Valar made her not age, and she was there for a year and a bit and then it's been almost a year since they made her leave."
thesignalandthenoise
"How come you're adding them all up like they're the same, do you not remember how much shorter?"
these-jealous-gods
"I don't think we were quite sure because of the timeslide messing with things. Maybe ten times shorter."
these-jealous-gods
"They want Valinor to be peaceful and doing things really fast isn't peaceful."
thesignalandthenoise
Snuggle. "I'm not very good at balancing and I'm worried if I try to carry you far I'll trip. Let me know when you're up for walking. We can hold hands if you like."
thesignalandthenoise
And she will hold his hand! And they can follow the government people.