What about this suggests that?

Test of whether prophecy can be averted in at least the trivial sense -

There may be an easier one to budge, but if there's not we can try that.

I'll ask around among at least the people I know to be discreet. 

What do you think of Melkor?

Surprisingly charismatic.

My first reaction was that she has to have had external information on how to handle you but I can't think where she'd have gotten it. But - yeah, if there were any conceivable spin on the things she's done -

Yeah, that was my thought too, that this was very well tailored to me, but she might just have good guesses about what people who might talk to her are like or something...

Well, if she's being honest, then she'll get most of what she wants. We will throw that plan out and do better and get the orcs reembodied.

Yes. Also, no dying, don't do that.

Trust me, I am not planning on it.

Good.

Nobody catches us if we scurry off to your room right now.

Oh, am I not the only one who finds tense imaginary conversations with evil gods about how to throw history off course really appealing?

It's actually mostly the dwelling on how you are not allowed to be dead.

Roomward. Not allowed, huh?

Not at all allowed.

My Isabella - are there supposed to be titles involved? - has such unreasonable rules for me.

I am sure you can live up to my expectations - so to speak - there are various things people do with titles, I don't feel like anything more complicated than a 'ma'am' though -

Consul of a continent. Soon. 

Mm-hm. Oh look a room oh look a closed door it must be kissing time.

That sounds lovely.

Mine. My lovely.

Not remotely going to get taken away by horrible future catastrophies.

Good.

Someday maybe you'll be omnipotent and letting Melkor out will be an easy call because if she's evil you can totally take her.

Without having to let her actually instantiate the evil, even.