"Thank you."

"You're welcome."

"I guarantee you Fëanor has at least contemplated dropping one of the mushroom bombs on this place."

"I don't hold people responsible for thinking about things, even petty, disproportionate things."

"Fair enough. The song doesn't take them that long, you can probably head back."

Is she done singing?

Yes.

Pop. Galadriel says you're flirting with Lúthien.

She catches them both laughing. "Loki," he says. That would probably get me executed. I do have it on hand as a backup plan since I couldn't keep the knife, but -

"Hello again." Okay, it's good that you're not because according to Thuringwethil there's major drama fated in her love life and even if the exact plot's off the rails the underlying tendency probably persists, and also it would be weird.

Would it? She's a very pretty girl.

Believe me. I know. It would still be weird.

I have absolutely no interest in flirting with Lúthien. How's Galadriel?

Bitchy. Says it's not Lúthien's idea to have you chained to a wall. Remarked on the oath.

...that's why they're doing this? Does she think I'm going to run at Melian and, um, wish her dead really hard?

Elu, actually, and she didn't speculate on the method.

Well, that's at least possible in principle, that's something.

I don't know how likely it is that you could theoretically steal a weapon and deploy it, but if they just kept you under guard I would imagine that would suffice.

I imagine so.

"I have been informing him that it was not your idea that he be chained to a wall. I had imagined it was, I didn't even know Galadriel was here until you mentioned her."

"We both discussed it with my father. It's not particularly restrictive, he can move around the room -"

"He's chained to a wall, Lúthien."

"We've never hosted kinslayers before!"