"Any idea whether his immediate family is immune to the aura of the place - Elspeth likes the Irissë there but doesn't seem to be operating off comprehensive information -"

"That world's Nolofinwe had my father assassinated but that doesn't necessarily make him evil, ours came fairly close and they were only dealing with a standard-issue Fëanor. None of his immediate family members strike me as the kind of person who would be hard to imagine as evil."

"Well. We're only quarantining the world, not the planet, if he wants to smuggle his family outside your alt's sphere... cylinder... of influence, Cam'll be happy to make them a planetoid or something. But that's still within a hop of Edda, so if he thinks I'll be your accomplice in nefarious deeds..."

"More importantly it's findable, I could show up there if I liked. I don't know if that's what he's thinking. I can ask him, I suppose." He sighs. "Not that he'd be truthful but I'd know if he was lying."

"Is it just me or does this entire approach not feel as much like a celebration of his freedom and agency and whatnot as it ought to?"

"Starting to get a sense of why I keep having breakdowns over it?"

Sigh. "Yep."

"I'm vaguely inclined to let him run, if that's what he does, his family if evil is probably not more evil than your average human in a feudal society and they're not particularly likely to take over any planets. But, bad precedent, and what if they want their families -"

"Or if Irissë wants her friend Tyelcormo..."

"Yup.

Want to hop down to a planet that's maybe having a civil war and talk with Findekáno."

"Both of us or just me?"

He buries his head in his hands. "I'm really not sure."

Sigh. "Maybe I should introduce him to Sigyn."

"Oh?"

"I've mentioned to you, he's got - history - could probably empathize without endorsing fucked-up coping mechanisms."

"And he's not a familiar face or a particular friend of mine. Worth a try."

Nod. "I could go get him now."

"It's not exactly time-sensitive but there's no reason to wait, either."

So Loki goes off and talks to Sigyn.

And then goes looking for the relevant Findekáno.

There's a little embassy set up on more than half the inhabited planets in the galaxy now. Everyone knows that if you go to the embassy with a problem that affects lots of people, it'll get fixed.

It's not enough. It's the best they can do, there's just so many worlds.

He's been talking to people on both sides of the war and collecting ideas and writing notes for Maedhros. He tenses slightly when he sees Loki.

"Hello. Is this a bad time?"

"Not at all. How can I help you?"

"I was wondering if you'd like to be introduced to a friend of mine. He's not an alt of anybody you know. His name's Sigyn. I think you might get along. ...Please don't read horrifyingly into that."

"I'd be happy to meet your friend. Does Maedhros want me back in Vanda Nosseo or can your friend come here?"

"Sigyn can come here. I'll go get him."

She goes and gets him.