She glances uncertainly at Shuri. 

"How does your mom's forcefield work?"

"Her innate powers as a Maia."

"Range limit? Energy requirements? How much force can it handle -"

"Morgoth could perhaps break it if he tried directly for long enough. No one else could even dream of it."

"The magical equivalent is this really annoying effect that makes you change direction if you're heading too directly for the place and gives you a headache if you try to look at it."

"I feel like that would eventually get documented. We put a lot of work into staying uninteresting."

"It would have been really easy to miss, I'd have just flown around it, except that I was specifically trying to go there."

"Mmmhmmm."

"Why do you hide?"

"We have a very valuable resource. People would have gone to war with us for it."

"With Doriath I believe it's more a policy of 'this force field is only so big and we're just gonna concentrate on who's in it and not stress about who isn't, maybe unless they're related' - oh hey is Galadriel here now or did she leave -"

"She's here. Our safety is valuable, and would be at risk if we let people in."

"Yes, I understand. I take some issue with the policy but I understand it; she can't protect everyone and had to draw the line somewhere. When I was on the first Arda I ever encountered I spent years living in Doriath because I needed a safe place to do research, it has its advantages."

"Yes. And it's the only place left with plants and trees."

"What is everyone eating, then?"

"Dwarves grow food underground with a lot of electricity. I think the Noldor copied them. Most people are dead."

"I know, but not everyone, so they have to be eating something and I doubt Doriath exports. I'm sorry I'm not treating this with quite appropriate gravity, it's just - I've seen a whole lot of stuff."

"I think they copy the Dwarves and grow proteins in nutrient baths."

Nod.

"Even if all the godkilling doesn't work out I get the sense evacuating you would be straightforward for some of the people hopping around Wakanda lately."

"To Valinor?"

"What's Valinor?"

"It's the place that's not at war."

"I bet someone could manage that."