Do I want to know?

How do you stop the Noldo from fiddling with his Silmaril, while letting him keep it around his neck? Well, you could chain his arms to the ceiling, that'd do it, or behind his back...

Eugh.

I think certain people enjoy trying to get a reaction out of me. It's really fine, though. They quite literally can't do anything that shocks me even slightly.

Shock per se is not the thing that I worry about.

It takes a lot even to get me to the point of diminished effectiveness.

That is not most of what I worry about.

It might mean another few years pass before I let Findekáno hold me down, I really don't think that's worth worrying about either.

She drops it with a sigh.

Lúthien is watching her worriedly.

"Don't worry about it," Loki tells her.

Please don't cancel the illusion. He'd never trust you again.

I won't. If I were going to do that without permission I would do it without asking permission.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

I really do think he's okay.

I hope you're right.

...or else?

I am not threatening you. We would reach the point where I would remove him from you well before we would reach the point where violence was called for. Let's stay well clear of both.

You can take him anytime, just leave the Silmaril.

I know he's not going to agree to that. You could do it anyway.

I could.

I do sort of think it'd be kinder to have refused altogether, but we gave them a choice and they made this one.

Thank you for respecting that.