It's not very important. They're not particularly good for my sanity. The Enemy had them in Angband. Let me touch them, once, I think wondering whether they'd burn me.

Burn you?

They burn evil things. Not my father's work, that - it was a blessing Varda laid on them afterwards.

How does Varda define it?

I have no idea. The Silmarils in Angband did not burn me. If that was even real and not a hallucination.

Wouldn't know. Although I'd imagine it'd be a crueller hallucination if they had, so I'm inclined to guess real.

I'm presently disinclined. I may if Lúthien manages to get you unchained.

I don't think she was planning to try that immediately.

Then I'll probably continue not to be in a sleepover mood, unless you think I ought to get over myself and take her up on it.

I think your mental health is one of our most valuable resources at the moment and honestly a large share of why I didn't just take Celebrimbor aside and say "go get it, bring it back here, ask them about fairer conditions for a stay there" is that I do not want you distracted. The entire point of the people like me is that we solve the problems of the people like you so you can work.

Sigh.

Go home. Lúthien is competent enough to keep me sane.

- didn't you want to go out for a bit if they'll let you?

Yes, but not if you're having a hard time having a restful break.

I would have a hard time having a restful sleepover with Artanis and Lúthien, at whom I am presently annoyed. I am not presently annoyed at you.

I want Findekáno. Except not the one I have, the one who trusted me.

I don't have a spare.

Didn't think so.

Look, it is actually a reasonably important component of my mental health that I not be useless and I can't channel all of that into long-term usefulness like interdimensional teleportation. Please just actually tell me if you want me to petition to be allowed to take you out for a bit or not.

Yes, please.

Lúthien?

Uh huh?

May I take Maedhros out for a flight? I will not leave him unattended.

Pop to outside our borders, do whatever you'd like as long as it's not a conference with his own people to which you're not invited, pop back and check for weapons?