"Yeah."

"Let's ask Circle to do the actual asking, though, he's a Maitimo and there's no point in not asking as nicely as possible."

"Hey, Nelyo, have we tried asking Nechar for help on targeting interdimensional transit -"

"What specifically would you be asking him to do?"

"Force the door to open to Ardas we don't have anyone from."

"Worth asking but I doubt it'd work."

"Yeah, but--the odds of failure are considerably lower than the number of Ardas, so--"

"We probably can only ask so much of Nechar."

"Yeah," she sighs.

"Which isn't to say this shouldn't be it, just - if we can think of something with better odds -"

"Yeah, that makes sense."

"We've got worldleaping, just not demon-secure."

"Yeah. And I think the engineers said they could do something about demons with the Silmarils..."

"They did! I don't know the timeline there."

"Especially since they have to do immortality first."

"And immortality they're in a hurry on."

"Yeah. I know I've been saying this a lot but I really hope they get done in enough time to not miss much of the baby's childhood."

"I doubt they'll miss all of it, at least."

"And Macalaure isn't an engineer. Still.

Honestly my biggest concern on her behalf is that it's not like there are a lot of other kids around."

"That's pretty typical for Elven childhoods. Not for humans?"

"Definitely not, no."

"It delays their development?"

"Not across the board, and the research isn't entirely conclusive--for obvious reasons--but it can have a serious negative impact on their social skills."

"Hmm. We can't very conveniently steal any - Abaddon's didn't leave Valinor -"

"Yeah. It could be that having attentive adults willing to participate in communal child activities will patch the gap perfectly well, but..."