We can do that.

I'm relieved. Also a bit surprised.

At the return of property, or that he hasn't been spreading the secret?

That he'd swear there's a wide variety of games he's not playing.

Well, he can't be playing one of every possible class of games. He could have done nothing at all about who counts as his people and instead tried to alter what counts as telling them, or even be completely on the level.

We can hope. I'll make him a list of stolen things, though it's not as if his best guess wouldn't be accurate...

If he knows in detail what was valued how highly by whom that'd be completely... he does, doesn't he.

Yep. Don't know if he's being obstructionist to buy some time or so we'll talk with him or what, but he does know all of those things.

Or maybe it's because Maitimo, having not burned the ships, has less clout and ability to return things than Findekáno assumes. One can hope.

He asked about you. Whether you're willing to talk to him.

If it were necessary. I don't think it is.

Yeah, outside of emergencies I don't know why it would be.

He'll live.

He does seem to be doing well with his own faction. More than that I'm glad not to have to pay attention to; they're there and we get to mostly avoid them.

Yep. Thank you. When you get home, there's something I want to show you, it's been worrying me-

Already on my way– what is it?

He sends it. One of the people in their camp, connections streaming north.

Toward the Feanorians? No, everyone's got those ones...

Looks like towards Angband. Maybe you can see better from the air.

I'll look on the way in.

Who is it, does he know you know?

Can't imagine anyone'd know, it's not as if I've confronted him. Name won't be meaningful to you, but I've known him several hundred years - 

If someone's selling us out to the Enemy—

They can't have just walked up to Angband. And there's no way the Enemy could approach just exactly the right person to ask. Unless he could. Something doesn't add up, and I hope it isn't the version where the Enemy can spot traitors at a distance.

Yeah. I notified my father. We're keeping an eye on him. Any way to fake the connections, anything else they could mean...

Connections can be faked, but if the Enemy knew they were even a thing that'd be much worse than him having a radar for evil.

It could be a connection to something else? We'd know if it were a person, and then there'd be more than the one link anyway, but sometimes objects can count. If the Enemy got something important to him that could be all it is.

...that is entirely possible. We'll hope it's that.

There being exactly one is still strange. But at least there's room for hoping.

If that's not it, you need to look for the same in the other camp-