Well, in the short term, the people Elspeth is hoping to maybe leave with soon are Literally A Fëanorian's Boyfriend and Literally Fëanor's Grandson, so they may be inoculated against Fëanorians being contagious, and if they want to come back how about Elspeth accounts for their whereabouts during their absence and verifies that they did not fall into a pit of evil, since Elspeth doesn't object to mindreading.

That should work. Also he's not a Fëanorian's boyfriend, they fixed that.

Well, they don't know how to unfix that but they did say they were sorry and somebody else might know how to unfix that.

And then he still probably won't go take his mass-murdering boyfriend back, right?

Mass-murdering boyfriend remains likelier to cease to exist than anything else.

So. Case-by-case basis.

Even if he does take his boyfriend back it doesn't seem obvious that it would follow that he would disrupt Valinor. They don't have to let Maedhros in Valinor.

Yes but it'd mean he'd do whatever Maedhros wanted, and Maedhros is disruptive.

Findekános are not in fact puppets of their boyfriends.

The Valar are pretty sure that's how that works.

Maitimos are as a class very compelling sorts of people but no it's actually not.

Well obviously Findekáno can't get Maitimo to obey him or none of this would have happened.

They could just be, you know, boyfriends, as opposed to merely having some kind of vaguely feudal arrangement which incidentally involved sex. That's a thing. People do that. (Also, like, oath. Was Findekáno even around when the oath was sworn, because afterwards it was kinda too late.)

The Valar are not really sure. People being boyfriends instead of having vaguely feudal arrangements that involve sex: new idea. Kind of startling.

It's a thing! Honest! Maitimos and Findekános are, admittedly, not the clearest example but like there's various people she knows from home, and Kib and Aydanci, and entire societies where it is emphatically a thing!

They will consider whether to let Findekáno back in if he goes back to his mass-murdering boyfriend.

Okay, to clarify, what does "go back to" mean, because if they were until moments ago expecting Sexy Feudalism then maybe it doesn't count as going back to him if Maedhros is too traumatized to have Sexy Anything, which seems likely.

That's not the thing but the thing is hard to articulate. They are pretty sure Elspeth will agree with them about what Findekáno going back to his mass-murdering boyfriend would look like.

What if they just have a heartbreaking farewell and then Maedhros ceases to exist.

Wouldn't count.

This will probably do for the immediate purpose, she'll check with Findekáno.

Pop.

He is writing. He is pleased to see her again, and says so.

And she summarizes the situation (he can leave, he might not be allowed to come back if this or that, does he even care she's not sure).

"I have obligations here. If I might not be able to come back I should at least ensure that they're all in good hands before I go."

"Okay. How long will that take?"