She picks something. She has to go slower than on anything that's more or less duplicated between him and Island but it's not like he had some preexisting information on how long this part is supposed to take. Spins it up in candyfloss for a trial run.

He's been warned it'll be hard to cope with. It's a lot harder for him than Island. Been doing without a lot longer. Can she - tone it way way down, or anything?

"- I could do it piecemeal but that will feel really weird and not very much like the projected final result."

"Not piecemeal, just like - feeling everything more faintly? A tiny bit of emotion, not an overwhelming amount?"

"Not with this architecture. I can undo it and try a different tack."

"I apologize for the inconvenience."

"It's okay, this is your mind and you get to specify how you want it arranged, please don't worry about it." She disassembles the thing, explains an alternative thing, installs the alternative thing.

And he has very very weak emotions and this is way more tolerable. He will probably want it ramped up eventually but timescale of years, there.

"I can come by on some occasional basis to adjust it," she says agreeably.

"Thank you."

"You're welcome." And there are a couple more things she can do even with his emotions still attenuated, and then she schedules another appointment for four months out and leaves him be.

And the new Arda's Fingon has the affairs of his state in sufficient order that no one will suffer if the Valar kick him out.

Elspeth picks him up and brings him to Vanda Nossëo. By the way Elrond knows he was Maedhros's boyfriend now sorry about that.

If there are a bunch of openly-together ones in the multiverse he wasn't optimistic it would remain a secret. If Maedhros wants to die like he almost certainly will is everyone going to be awkward around him forever.

Elspeth is not sure. She does not feel particularly awkward around him and doesn't expect that to change even if the new Maedhros wishes to cease to exist in spite of everything but there is only one of Elspeth.

In spite of everything? There is not much here that counts as a reason he should exist.

Well, the psychic therapist has seen what sound via rumor mill like promising results on Island and Zenith? Elspeth has no details, she is not a suitable repository of confidential patient information.

That's good to know.

This is going to be complicated if it can somehow be made to work.

Oh?

He hasn't wanted to live, or wanted things for himself much in general, in a very very long time. I'm not sure what they'll be getting back, and there's apparently a lot to do but I don't know if that'll be good for him or not - and I don't know at what point I should ask your therapists to see if they can edit me back -

That does sound complicated. Elspeth doesn't really have any advice on that. Welcome to Vanda Nossëo!

Thanks. 

And he will go find another version of him, that seems like the thing to do.

And Elspeth goes about her business.

She (and her wolf) are hanging out on Vanda Nossëo a couple days later; she's catching up on multiverse news. Apparently somebody who summoned a daeva in Space but wasn't from there has finally died. They're not a daeva.

This is, obviously, very disappointing. They were really hoping they could just daevafy everybody. Epic throws a minor tantrum. (And can now go ask Gem if he can wish himself into a demon, right?)

If he's satisfied with his backup wish and really, really sure that he's not going to get less interested in being a demon and he can be responsible about access to unencrypted information which may nonetheless have been intended to be private, yes.