Well, I like him.

Maitimo beams at him.

"While you two were talking I finished the prettier copy," he says. "Here you go."

"When you begin your musical career you can do a side business in calligraphy."

"I suppose I have a couple of centuries on everyone on your world so even things I don't do remarkably well look very practiced. And I really have to take you to hear Cáno sing."

"I may swoon."

"Most people do. I think he derives tremendous satisfaction from it."

Hee hee.

"I stay up all night because I am a Feanorian and we are pathologically restless. Why are you up?"

"From a different time zone, and it's hard to adjust when it's bright all the time. The sun's only up half the time and I usually sleep when it's dark."

"Oh! if you'd like I can find you a room that is underground and therefore dark! Some people who were used to the Outer Lands prefer that."

"That would probably help. When am I supposed to be sleeping?"

"People who sleep every day often sleep when Laurelin is at her peak, because that's when it's brightest and hottest and least pleasant to be outside."

"Makes sense! I am in fact accustomed to sleeping every day. I could probably sleep now if I tried, should I try?"

"I have no opinion. If you are not tired we could instead go teach you to ride a horse."

"I'm not really tired."

"Let's go ride a horse!" He stands, gracefully, and pushes back his chair and closes the door to his office which retracts into the frame so it usually looks like it doesn't have one.

"Why is your door hidden like that?" Kib asks, following.

"I want people to feel like they can always walk in and interrupt me, but a door that's ajar is very annoying and gets in the way and doesn't come across quite as welcoming. I had to remove half the wall to do this instead but it looks so much nicer."

"Serves the purpose," nods Kib. "Glass might have done it too."

"I think your result is better, I don't know how troublesome removing the wall was."

"We actually had to call a Vala! The palace was built before we knew enough about architecture to do elaborate stone buildings and so is mostly held up by magic."

Kib looks dubiously at a wall.