"Radio? If it's somewhere accessible by boat radio should really work..."

"I'm not sure how much truck Valinor has with how things should work."

"And you don't think anyone who goes will have permission to come back?"

"Historical evidence suggests not."

"Is there any reason at all to think Morgoth might be back or be coming back, beyond that Túrin is alive and mentioned in a prophecy?"

"I think Imliss mentioned the Doom?"

"Yes."

"That."

"Isn't it just that things they try will go badly?"

"You'd think so, but that really doesn't explain the Beren and Luthien incident."

"What about it doesn't it explain?"

"Did Imliss explain the Oath?"

"Yes, she did."

"How much do you know about what happened?"

"They swore something unspeakably stupid, they were therefore easily pointed by literally anyone at their enemies by throwing the Silmarils around, this was exploited to get them to kill lots of people."

"Pretty much. And that part started when Beren successfully retrieved a Silmaril from Morgoth's crown and Doriath refused to give it back at any price whatsoever."

"Which you think was a consequence of the Doom?"

"Given that it specifically says the Oath is going to screw them over, yes."

"So you're expecting that to happen again, somehow?"

"I don't know what I expect, exactly. But I know that if I anticipate things going wrong, and plan for that, and I'm wrong, that's a lot safer than the other way around."

"Fair enough. How can we be meaningfully planning, here?"

"Imliss has actually been working on that--" and she starts describing tactics that Morgoth and Sauron used that could meaningfully be prepared for, and how, and what he might be able to do novelly in the modern world.

All of which is terrifying, but nonetheless she perks up now that they're talking practicalities.

Sensible woman. Idaia approves.

"Of course, this is just the low-hanging fruit--you two have each other's email addresses, right?"

"We do."