"I'll see you then."

And she nods to Lúthien and pops out. Anything she should address before she goes back in the hole?

They ask after Maedhros.

She took him out for a bit and he looked happier after that. Lúthien has been singing to him, which Loki hears secondhand is very soothing.

Some raised eyebrows, but okay. Good focus, Loki.

Into the hole with her.

This time nothing disturbs her.

Eight weeks of real time.

And nothing much came up/meteored down in that time?

The Enemy tried the same thing twice more, once against New Himring and once against New Mithrim. Celebrimbor stopped both.

Maedhros is not chained to a wall. There are more guards, and he's wearing the sound baffle, but he seems in much brighter spirits anyway.

Hi. How're you holding up?

Alright. Talked to Elu. It was not disastrous. I think I need - hmm, maybe ten more of that? but I have no control over whether he comes to visit. They insisted on ridiculous precautions for the visit but it didn't seem to bother him.

Ridiculous precautions like what?

Sound baffle, leg and arm shackles, pat-down search which I did not flinch at in the slightest, room full of armed guards. I can't even blame them because if Father were here he probably would have build some kind of miniature railgun in a groove in the floor at this point.

I am going to find you the nicest fucking vacation planet.

They were debating whether to drag me out to go meet him somewhere I couldn't possibly have rigged to explode on us. I was glad they didn't do that. I think they're legitimately very ill at ease and are hoping I'll just go away if they're abominable enough.

Speaking of going away, do you want another pop out?

Yes.

Lúthien, I'm taking Maedhros out for another airing, okay?

Yes.

Fingon again? she asks him.

Hmm? No, I can't be that demanding, someone might notice and he'd probably find it tiresome. I want to go to a mountain where there are echoes and sing.