It's the first day of Junior year and Idaia's feeling pretty good. She likes her classes so far, it's a beautiful day, and she just has an indescribable positive feeling. Her last class of the day has just let out and she has an entirely tolerable amount of homework.
Her phone rings.
"Hello?"
I love you so much. I'm so lucky to have you. I--
Do you remember in Valinor when we had only barely met, and I asked you what you liked about me, and you said--several things, but--I needed something, and you could provide it, and you couldn't usually create value for people?
I still need you. I'm always going to need you. I can't imagine--living without being able to feel that someone loves me, not for very long, it was unpleasant while I did have to deal with it...
Everything's okay. Everything's always going to be okay.
They head back home a week later.
And everything is fine and dandy until a few weeks later when Idaia checks her email and finds a message from Carnistir.
"Fuck."
"Remember how you told me about this one guy who's prophesied to kill Melkor."
"Nineteen years old, living in Dallas. Everyone's kind of freaked out."
"Could be people come back over and over, until they get the chance to fix things. But - if not - why now -"
"I'm not sure I want to trust that prophecy. Doesn't it also claim your dad breaks the Silmarils?"
"I don't just want to abandon everyone...how many world governments can we convince the planet needs to be evacuated, do you think..."
"None. Even with Nelyo, not without any evidence. We can all go transparent, you can conjure small temporary things. Evacuate the planet now."
"...I can conjure larger things than I have been, ah...especially if it's ice. I. Tested it this one time. I can conjure a lot of ice."
"I want to get you far away from here - the one thing that kept me going, that whole time, was that he couldn't hurt you-"
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