Here goes nothing.

Gently gently gently pinch closed the links between this and that, and that and the other thing, and thus and such, careful careful light-touched tweaks that'll form back into shape if he so much as sneezes - but just for now, just for the next little while, sudden movements or somebody tapping him on the shoulder or hugging his brothers will not hook up to anything dark and evil in the other neighborhoods of his mind -

It takes her four hours, he has a lot of these.

"All done."

"Thank you. Would you know if there were side effects -"

"You're more likely to notice any such than I am with this light an application. I didn't see any cascades and I do not think I slipped, but if something propagates less immediately you'll see a symptom."

"I appreciate it."

"You're welcome."

And he goes and gives Fëanáro a hug and promises therapy is going very well and Bella's lovely.

You okay? Rúmil asks her. Or the equivalent question whose answer impinges on confidentiality not at all?

The Enemy is pretty awful.

The Enemy is indeed pretty awful. I'm fine though.

More crystal ball work, or do you want to step outside a bit? 

I want to fly, actually. It's isolated enough here that nobody'll see, right?

Yep, you're safe. 

So she goes out and floats into the air.

It's not cold this time of year but it's crisp. The view is of course stunningly pretty.

Yay. Were you going to come? she asks Rúmil.

If you'd like company!

Sure!

So he flies out to join her. I missed you. It's good to have you back.

I missed you too.

Fëanáro thinks you had a secret rescue plan.

Of course. I should in hindsight have told him to deter him from trying himself but he was in the habit of screaming uncomfortable truths at everyone in the vicinity and I wasn't sure what'd happen if he happened to scream that one at the Valar but at best they might have made interdimensional magic stop working.

Uncomfortable truths?

The Valar are unsuited to rule over Elves, you were the only person who ever consistently acted like you loved him, Valinor is a gilded cage, the Valar were just upset at the prospect of someone being more powerful than them, Mandos is a monster...

I'm beginning to be worried by the pedestal he puts me on.

Yeah. Not sure what to do about that. Maybe being around other people who treat him like an adult will help. Maybe we need to have a "Bella is not infallible" talk, if he argues the point with you that'd be a sort of victory...

I keep telling him I'm not infallible and it doesn't go anywhere.

I've been assuming it's a coping mechanism for how bad things in this world are.