"Magic had more power back in the old days, I think we might have had, hmmm, some pull that doesn't happen anymore?"

"Mmm. Yeah. I hope it doesn't just keep getting weaker forever, that sounds--worrisome after long enough."

"Silmarils help! Father's been employing them to that end since we first noticed."

"Oh, good. I'm glad."

"The Valar have also gotten more - inert - don't know if the cause is the same."

"...So, uh, how much are you on speaking terms with them these days? Public knowledge is not very detailed."

"They eventually pardoned us. Father responded that he did not accept his pardon, not having done anything that'd require pardoning."

"Yeah, somehow I'm not surprised.

I'm guessing Tyelcormo hasn't spoken to Orome in the intervening time?"

"Asked if there was anything he could do. He couldn't. Asked Mandos, he also said he couldn't."

"Yeah, okay.

I hope for both their sakes he gets better quickly now."

"He'll be fine."

"I know. I just don't know how long it'll be in the meanwhile."

"Probably more of an Elf timeline than a human one, but we have forever."

"Yeah, that's true."

And he conveys the relevant instructions and then waits for their father to come home.

It takes him about another hour.

"...Ah," he says when he walks in the door and sees their guest, blinking at him. "Idaia managed to get your attention without getting on the news. Good."

"That was Imliss's reaction exactly. We've discussed what to do -" and he summarizes.

"We were all concerned about the possibility," he says. "That--should be fine, then, I can't say I'm thrilled by having to pack up and leave on short notice but it seems better than the alternatives..."

"You're welcome to take your time, we're just not inclined to delay legal action very long."

"Being swarmed by reporters is one of the things worse than leaving on short notice."

"Well, we could also surround the neighborhood with soldiers. Not that I'm recommending it."

"That would not meaningfully solve problems, no."

"It would solve the hordes-of-journalists problem, but create some other ones, yeah. Though it'd create ones that were ours, not yours."

He shakes his head. "The journalists aren't the core problem. We wouldn't--be able to go about our lives as normal. If everything is going to change drastically in a matter of days, it might as well be by moving as anything else."

"Sorry."