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When he's done with that Maitimo will invite Findekáno in. 

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Leareth, he says agreeably, sitting down against the wall. Nice to meet you. He is thinking that Maitimo is probably a little stir-crazy, staying in a room without osanwë, and trying to compare Leareth to their brief pre-war interactions - he looks much worse in almost every respect, except the hair - did Maitimo do the hair, he should tease Maitimo about that in several years once it's funny -

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:Nice to meet you: Leareth nods to him, smiles very unconvincingly, drags himself back to sit on the bed. Tightens his shields enough that he's at least not accidentally reading all of Findekáno's surface thoughts constantly. :...Maitimo, I probably ought to eat something: He isn't hungry at all but that seems like a mistake on the part of his body. 

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"Good idea." He'll have someone bring food in.

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Leareth eats halfheartedly and then curls up again with a blanket, hoping this doesn't look unwelcoming on his part; he just can't muster the energy for interacting much right now. 

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They seem entirely content to talk over osanwë and let him rest except when it's time to remind him to eat or drink.

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Then Leareth will stay in bed most of that day, eating and drinking when reminded and occasionally dozing off fully for an hour or two.

Eventually he's both rested and bored enough to wake himself up more fully. And remember that he hasn't kept any records of anything since arriving back in Tol Eréssea. Addressing that still seems too effortful so he just leaves it as a public thought for Maitimo, rather than properly putting it into Mindspeech even though he now has that option.

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Maitimo can remind him of everything that happened. "And we were discussing getting you one of the Quendi non-Mindhealers who talks to survivors of Angband and Utumno in case they could help you be more comfortable around Vanyel. And then I asked a lot of ill-advised questions."

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Leareth had in fact managed to completely forget about the Quendi non-Mindhealers plan. "Thank you. I still think that would be a good idea although - probably in a few days. And possibly I ought to just go to Lórien to try to fix it quickly, since it - seems more important in the short run than I had realized." 

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"Up to you. But yes, I didn't follow up with them after I went off to sing because it didn't seem very likely it was a good moment for it."

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Leareth nods. "I will - try talking to somebody at least once, then, to see if I find it at all helpful, if it seems not helpful I can decide to go to Lórien then." 

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"Possibly I ought to talk to Melody as well. I am not sure if I - caused some kind of additional damage to my mind, or something, that would explain why I am so incredibly tired today." Unfortunately seeing Melody is exhausting in its own right. 

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"We could do tomorrow, if you'd rather."

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"That would be better, I think." Leareth is thinking that he wants a hug, and to be sung to, not a sleep song yet but just something distracting. It won't solve any of his actual longer-term problems but it'll make today nicer. 

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Leareth can have a hug, and be sung to. With two Quendi around they can harmonize and the song will be that much prettier.

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It's very pretty and a very good amount of distracting and being held lets him almost completely relax. Eventually he's going to fall asleep anyway, sleep song or not. 

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He will snuggle Leareth and go back to catching up with his boyfriend who loves him too much to tease him about this at all.

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Vanyel very tentatively knocks a while later. "I wanted to check how Leareth is?" he says through the door, keeping his voice low. 

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"Oh, sorry, I'll come back later." 

 

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Leareth sleeps a more normal number of hours, this time, and wakes up actually feeling refreshed. :Maitimo? Thank you for staying this entire time: He considers adding 'I'm sorry for needing it' and then decides that he isn't sorry, actually, it doesn't seem like it was actively distressing for Maitimo. 

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He gets up. "I think I want to go for a long walk and then it would be a good time to talk to Melody?" 

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"Sounds good! I'll let her know." He does this.

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