Leareth nods. :Well, I have removed it now and I will not do any more unless you expressly give your permission again. Thank you for allowing me to practice, I appreciate it greatly:

Of course. He has, and sends, a vague sense that Leareth is now feeling more obligation to be meticulously ethical about compulsions than Maitimo actually needs to feel comfortable, and, well, they're not a good tool to use, probably it's just fine, but still, Leareth's not on thin ice, that'd better be clear -

Leareth nods, slowly. This feels like it's related to one of the things he's been slowly trying to shift, where he - hasn't trusted himself anymore, for most of the last five years, to actually use his judgement on which actions are justified. He has tended to fall back more on what Maitimo and Vanyel and Melody think, or his best understanding of it anyway. It's really only in the past year that he's been pushing himself harder on going with his own sense and reasoning.  

Being as conscientious as Leareth is being is probably correct for someone who reacted to their last conversation in, well, the way that Maitimo did. It's really very reasonable. But Maitimo's not afraid of him. He's glad he's back, overwhelmingly so, and proud, and not-sending-that-thought. And he thinks Leareth can trust himself.

Well, for now Leareth is going to trust himself that using compulsions on Maitimo without his permission seems like a really useless thing to do and rude. 

"All right. I'll see you later?"

"See you." Leareth will go see if Vanyel's around for more of the slinging-lightning-bolts style of magic practice. 

It's really really good to have him back. 

He goes through to Vinyamar; he should figure out who Treven should meet there, and he should stop hanging around having a crush on Leareth, that is an objectively ridiculous thing to be doing with his afternoon.

Jisa goes down the list of Melody's patients who want to meet her! She does not mention her age. 

And then Melody can finish packing up her room and say her slightly wistful goodbyes before Vanyel Gates her back to the Haven terminus in Velgarth. She'll still be around at sunset if Maitimo gets back before then. 

He will, yeah, to say goodbye. "We'll be thankful forever. I hope you have a very long and very restful vacation."

"Knowing me, I'll take a real vacation for about three weeks and I'll get bored. But, I hope so too." She hugs Vanyel and then steps across the Gate. 

And Jisa runs off back to her new room, joining paths with Stef halfway there. 

"So?" he says expectantly once they're inside. 

"You're completely right. They would be very cute together. And they are never ever going to notice this." 

Stef looks smugly satisfied. "Intervention time?" 

"I don't have the slightest idea how Quendi having relationships works. Melody did not onboard me on that aspect." 

"I don't either. Literally the only thing I know is that if a man and a woman sleep together then now they're married. But not if it's two men or two women because their entire species is unfair. People gave Van and I the weirdest looks for years." 

"Perfect, they're literally all Vanyel's father." Jisa rolls her eyes. "Do you know what sorts of things they find romantic? Going to concerts, walking around flower gardens...?" 

"I have no idea because they do both of those all the time anyway, I can't pick out whether some of it is meant to be specially romantic." 

"We should ask. We should just go out in the town square and I'll say I'm trying to learn more about their world and I'll ask how people court each other and what sorts of things are romantic and all that." 

Grin. "Sure, let's do it." 

The town square is full of Quendi cleaning and singing and talking to each other.

Jisa smiles and waves brightly at one of them. 

"Hello! Can I help you find something?"