"If we get at least one Silmaril back we should be able to work with that at least as well on Mars as Earth..."

"Yep. If."

"Speaking of, how's the search for a hypnotist going?"

"We have a couple of options lined up. Explaining is going to be fun, though."

"I'll bet."

"You sure it's smart to tell the truth instead of just going "I want to dream about this specifically"?"

"I don't think I'm going to have to tell the whole truth, but it may or may not be necessary to reveal that I can do magic."

"Fair point. Have a plan for if they call CNN?"

She snorts. "Them and what evidence?"

"Video?"

"Can be edited!"

"Witnesses hiding behind a window?"

"Probably enough to convince a random tabloid. Not enough to convince CNN."

"Fair enough."

"And it wouldn't be the first time someone in this family ended up in a tabloid!"

"Curvo tried to talk him out of doing that."

She looks at Curufin.

"No one in this family has any semblance of reasonable priorities. Except Father and he feels too guilty to actually expect things of us anymore."

"People should do what they need to to cope," she shrugs. "I should probably visit Canada at some point."

"Yeah. And what I need to do to cope is to make fun of Cáno for risking our cover to boost his sales."

"Okay, that's entirely fair."

"I know," he says. "How long does it take to make progress with a hypnotist?"

"We didn't have them in my hometown..." She gets out her phone and looks it up. "One to six sessions on average, according to this one hypnosis FAQ that has the advantage of citing the Mayo Clinic--admittedly on a different question."

"The delights of the 21st century!"

"It's so convenient!"