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"They said you were fine and the Valar just wanted to talk. And also were sad that I cared about you as much as my mom, I think, but they didn't say that."

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"They were right," she points out.
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"Yeah but it didn't make me less scared. And the Valar didn't just talk, they also broke magic!"

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"That's true. How would you have wanted them to help with you being scared, if they'd been able to concentrate on you being scared instead of on them being scared?"

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"Figure out what happened!"

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"How?"

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"Ask the nearest Maia, probably."

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"...Which you couldn't do because they wouldn't let you out?"

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"Yeah."

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"Hmmm." Sway sway. "I think you were trying to solve a concrete problem and they were trying to solve a meta-problem."

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"I'm not mad at them. I didn't even mention it earlier. You're okay, and we have one necklace. And the Valar are only canceling bits of magic."

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"Your parents are still worried about how you reacted."

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"Well. The Valar shouldn't call you to private meetings and then make my things stop working."

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"That is true. However, if your reaction to being frightened makes you frighten your parents, then they will be less able to help you. So it's probably a good idea to learn less contagious ways to be afraid."

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He bites his lip. "Or they could learn to not get scared when I'm sad."

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"I don't understand them as well as you so it's harder for me to explain skills to them, but I can tell them that too, and then maybe you can both improve and if one of you slips up the other can cover for it a little because nobody's perfect."

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"Next time the Valar call you I'm coming with."

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"If that happens we can ask your parents if you can come along."

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"Sure," he says.

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"So about how you were hitting your head on walls and screaming. You couldn't have thought that was going to bring me back or fix your necklace; what were you doing?"

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"It made me feel better."

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"Really?"
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"How?"

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"After I did it, I felt better."

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