I'm not going to make myself miserable just because you fucked up, what purpose would that serve?

Love you so much.

I love you.

Most things in life--they can't be relied on, not really. I've seen far more than enough to prove that. But if two people say to each other--yes, I will love you and stand by your side no matter what, no matter what you do--you can rely on that. You can get coerced into committing atrocities but if you say 'I will love you and stay with you even if you commit atrocities' then that's something you can rely on, something you can keep, and I have not been able to keep almost anything ever but I will always have the fact that you and Imliss love me, and you two will always have me. That's something no Vala or twist of fate can ever take away.

Always. 

And if I lose you this time at least I'll have the hope -

Yeah, exactly. I will always come back to you, if there's even the slightest fraction of a chance.

Should we go down to the lobby and be sociable again - I know you want to see more of your sister -

Yeah, I'd like that.

So he will carry her.

Oh good. That's exactly what she would have asked for if she had had to ask.

Back down to the lobby they go. 

You two better?

Yeah.

This couch is really conveniently deep and squashy, it won't pose any obstacle whatsoever to a three-person snuggle.

Then they'll do that.

Imliss clings to her sister kind of a lot.

Sorry about that. You doing okay?

I really hope Idaia and I aren't Doomed.

Yup.

If we aren't and that's enough to ensure that things don't meaningfully get worse for us in the long run then I'm sure I'll be fine.

Agreed.

In the meantime I'm kind of stressed out.

I wish there was a way to tell.

I'm not sure it's feasible not to act as though we weren't. If we are we're pretty much fucked and there isn't anything we can do about it. I'd suggest telling more definitely-not-Doomed people what was going on and leaning on them except that I'm not sure how much they could help without technically following us and therefore falling under the shadow of the Doom.

Yeah. So - we act like you aren't. And hope.

Yeah.

For what it's worth I'd rather die fighting Morgoth after having had my family back than die of my body's inherent mortal decay believing you were all dead, truthfully or not.