It’s definitely something he could have if he wanted, but Telumë doesn’t really like having other people exist in the space where he sleeps, especially not while he’s actually asleep in it. (Maitimo is obviously an exception.)

That's reasonable. Maitimo is used to being in charge of places that are extremely boring and have had one assassin in all of history. Who was Maitimo.

It’s not clear that it would be funny at any other time, but Telumë chuckles a little. Apparently being warm and cozy and snuggly is going to defeat hunger for now.

...he could proooobably float some food over to them with magic?

Oooooh.

It’s going to take him a while, he has to use scrying to find and assemble it, and then very carefully collect the plate in a little mage-barrier and move it over into the bedroom - this would be easier with Fetching but that’s Vanyel’s Gift, not his.

“Foundation doesn’t know a way to give people who don’t have them Gifts?”

"Not to adults who do not have potential. Foundation can awaken existing potential, and ensure that all babies conceived in this country will have certain potential Gifts. The plan is for the entire next generation to have Mindspeech, and for a much higher prevalence of mage-gift and other Gifts, but not everybody yet, since Foundation thinks our society is not ready to accommodate that and it would be disruptive. Also, Foundation currently plans to make it opt-in whether children wish for their other Gifts to awaken." 

"Ooooooh. That's - that'll be really good, I think.

Is anyone putting an age limit on the suicide fireballs. I guess that's not straightforwardly something a god can do."

"Not straightforwardly, no. Foundation can make sure that here at least, children do not end up with active mage-gifts until age twelve or thirteen; in the normal course of things, Gifts awaken earlier as well as more often in places with high levels of magic use, and some children might have Gifts at seven or eight, which is very obviously too young to make responsible use of being able to Final Strike, as well as all of the other things a mage can do. Foundation can talk to anyone who seems at risk of doing it, per Foresight, and of course can arrange for young mages not to be cornered in bad situations where they might wish to, at least here. Spreading any of these changes to other countries is going to take much longer; the other gods of Velgarth understandably wish to see first whether it is a good idea."

He scoops his plate out of the air and offers Maitimo a pastry. 

Maitimo will eat a pastry. "I've thought before that people not dying actually seems like it would tend to make things more predictable- Arda is more predictable than Velgarth - and ought to be possible to get them on board with, eventually, despite the transition costs."

"Yes. I hope so too." He eats in silence for a bit. 

He will hug him while they eat. "I have plans for today and this evening, but I can come back tomorrow for a depressing memory dump, if you're still feeling ready for that."

"...Yes, we ought to do that." Hug. 

He gives him a hug. He heads out.

Telumë spends some time alone in the privacy of his house, just thinking, finding his balance again. Seeing Maitimo and spending long chunks of time with him is very good but it definitely tugs him around. 

He spends the rest of that day, and the next morning, on his usual work, mostly not thinking about the memory exchange; dwelling on it more won't make him any readier for it. He waits for the appointed time. 

He is also a bit off-balance, which feels odd, because building emotionally intimate relationships with everyone in sight is all he's been doing since he moved here. It is admittedly usually less fraught. He plays with some children and talks with their parents and offers artistic advice and sings songs and regains his balance, eventually. 

Goes to see Telumë, the next afternoon.

Telumë is waiting for him. "How was your day so far?" 

"Good! I might start running a calligraphy class, there are a bunch of people who want to learn it. Tirion used to have underground tunnels mostly because children love playing in underground tunnels, I was talking with Tsiri about whether we can do that here. Mizrah and Adari are expecting another baby. How about yours?"

"Good. I taught some magic lessons." It turns out that he likes teaching children quite a bit. "Did some writing. Reviewed a plan for new construction at the edge of the city. The population is still increasing, people are moving here from other countries and we have a very open policy on that." 

"I should hope so! That's the only real way to tell if you're doing a good job, whether people want to move to your place."

"I agree. Valdemar was always rather restrictive on immigration, despite many people wanting to move there, but - we have greater ability to prevent trouble from happening, and so are not as concerned about vetting people who want to move here. Anyway." He takes a slow breath, lets it out. "Are you ready to do this?" 

"Yes."

"Should we go in chronological order? That might be the simplest to keep track of, but would involve starting with the interrogations." 

"That works."

Then Telumë will bring up the first memory of questioning Maitimo. It's pretty clear. He hadn't yet obtained another of Fëanáro's memory-improving artifacts at this point, the later set of memories ought to be a lot sharper because he had by the time Maitimo returned, but the events were memorable and he's been over them a lot, he hasn't forgotten many details even ten years later.