We reproduce too slowly to be a star-system-spanning society in our own right, I don't know how many we'd need.

Depends on how integrated you wind up with other Arda races and whoever else you meet, I guess.

I get the impression our preferences are idiosyncratic enough that we're unlikely to attract billions of residents, though I'd of course be delighted if we did.

You could definitely support a tourist industry solely by building places pretty enough for you to live in.

Did you enjoy Valinor?

It was gorgeous. Your mother recommended Lórien, but except for its very large trees it didn't stand out compared to the rest of the place. It was really relaxing. I wouldn't want to live there, the time effect is not conducive to getting anything done.

You have to tell Lórien what to do, he says, amused. The trees obey vague instructions framed as 'this place would be more excellent if only..." They can do all sorts of absurd things.

Oh, I didn't know it was customizable! Absurd things like what?

These leaves all tasted like toffee - everything in Valinor is edible to Elves, probably also edible to you - the trees would support my weight while I ran around, the river would get to the temperature of a hot tub and have some bubbling jets to relax my muscles, it smelled like fresh-baked cookies, the leaves tasted like said cookies, the leaves would adopt a format that let me use them for scheduling and planning, I could carve stone with this stick...

That's hilarious. When I go back for Lúthien maybe I'll play with it.

It's very relaxing. Valinor - it really would be paradise, for the right kind of person.

It's nice for breaks. I feel very breaked.

Excellent. Is that my cue to let you get back to work?

Wasn't hinting. I told your mother I'd tell everyone she wishes them well.

Mmhm.

And gets basically the same reaction from everyone.

Lots of people want that. Amrod, who's handling logistics, says they'll make more necklaces.

How long do those take? If there could be enough she'd like the recipients of the spells to be broadly distributed. Dwarves. Nolofinwëans. Etcetera. So if one city goes down not everybody who can pick up where she left off is lost.

Amrod purses his lips and looks faintly torn. "I have no idea how to do the 'magically have ten thousand people report to work on this tomorrow morning' trick, but once I've rounded up the people they can each do a necklace in eight weeks."

"Ten thousand would be an awful lot. It'd be hard to arrange them all so I was close enough to osanwë them in one batch. Fewer than that should do the trick."

"The two of them do not qualify for receipt of sorcery, but you have a more general point. If Fëanor or I move, though, we have nobody to talk to most of the time we're under acceleration. Maybe Curufinwë should babysit the Silmaril more of the time."