What are our options?

"Well, we could show you more Earth stuff, we could start talking about finding someone to try to send you home in more detail..."

We should probably have that conversation more - thoughtfully, yeah.

He sighs and jumps out of the tree.

"So I looked up teleporters on the Junebugs' list. The most promising looking ones are the ones who don't have listed limitations - the listed limitations are things like range limits or needing to teleport to a similar place. There's one whose only listed limit is a cooldown time, though, he might work."

Have any of them tried going to other worlds?

"No, we didn't know there were any, so it's not listed as a limit."

Well. We could try it. We could even try going somewhere the Valar won't immediately notice so then we can still consider whether to - involve them.

"That sounds like a good idea. Is there a way to do that and also get in touch with your family so they know you're okay?"

Not an obvious one? We could land somewhere outside the mountains where they aren't typically paying close attention but our family couldn't hear us from there. We could then head in, but the longer the teleporter was there the likelier someone would notice them.

"Hmm. That's unfortunate."

They're not going to be worried this quickly.

"Why wouldn't they worry immediately?"

Well, we were out hiking, we might have just stayed out hiking longer.

"I guess. You weren't, like, telepathing them every day or anything?"

No. When we had something to say.

"Huh. Okay then."

After a few weeks they might wonder what we'd gotten up to but I think they still wouldn't worry.

"If you say so."

Maybe people in your world worry more because it's a more worrying world.

"Some people just prefer more frequent contact with their families even if nothing threatening is about."