"No."

"I think that's a strong argument in its favor."

"Yeah, maybe. 

How could we go about it -"

"Under other circumstances I'd say ask Nelyo but--"

"He can probably still do it. Or do you mean that if we're Doomed you two should be steering?"

"No, I meant the other thing. Although you do have a point."

"Any suggestions? We can pick through them for ones we wouldn't have gone with -"

"Well, my magic can do more dramatic effects than yours more trivially under most circumstances--does Macalaure need to tone down his singing because doing otherwise would be literally harmful in some way and if so how, or is it just really really obvious something Not Normal is going on? So we should be thinking about that, evidence-wise...if we could do this without outing all of you that might be useful..."

"I mean, he could do mind control but he could also stop toning it down and not do mind control."

"Mind control? Even when he's not singing an appropriately magical song, really?"

"It'd have to be a magical song or sending a lot over osanwë without people knowing osanwë exists and that's what he's doing -"

"I will want a more detailed explanation later but for now I will just take it as given that performing live is not a good 'we're magic and we can prove it' idea."

"I mean, it would prove it. Just in a particularly hostile-looking way if anyone else were worried about that."

"Yes, I said it wouldn't be a good idea, not that it would not technically fulfill the task. Would a recording have the same effect?"

"Magic music's a lot more finicky than it used to be. You can get the effect over a recording but it's much attenuated."

"Right, Tyelcormo mentioned that."

"We think it has something to do with fading but maybe not."

"...Probably not. I get the same effect when I play music I dreamed back the memory of from Tirion and Formenos."

"Huh, interesting."

"It's a pity."

"Yeah, by the end of the war he had some powerful songs..."

"Maybe we can figure something out. Doesn't really seem like a priority, though."

"Are there priorities, other than hypnosis?"

"...How powerful are we talking? I think our end-goal priorities could probably be described as: kill Melkor, don't die, save as many other people as possible, retrieve Silmarils, and escape planet-slash-Doom, in no particular order of importance save how they support each other, and everything else is a means to one of those ends."

"I mean in terms of things to start working on now."