"No one in particular, it just seems unlikely that there is nobody in Space on good terms with the Space Valar who has an alt in another Arda who's friendly with the peal and could convince their Space alt to make a petition..."

"A Lúthien or a Rúmil, probably - though the Lúthiens are all pretty not-okay with the Space situation, I don't know how wise it is to confront them with it a lot -"

Wince.

"..."

"Rúmil in Ithil was one of the people Melkor grabbed on her way out and she got obliterated in the eclipse."

"If I ever get grabbed again you should just kill me, that's not - there'd be no -"

Kib squeezes his hand.

Squeeze.

"Yeah, kinda figured to expect she'd rather not exist again."

"There's occasional discussion on the Angband-survivors mailing list of how likely it is - it's a big multiverse -"

"Recapture, or not being out yet in the first place?"

"The former, everyone's got different numbers for the latter -"

Nod.

"It is a big multiverse and there are plausibly dimensions with a lot of oomph but no dimensional transit and there are lots of ways things could go horribly wrong."

"Well. Congratulations on not staying paranoidly home."

"That wouldn't make it less likely."

"I guess not in the long run."

"Is there a reason Melkor grabbed her particularly -"

"I didn't ask Melkor and Rúmil didn't want to talk to me."

"She sort of had a point, it's possible I should've left Maitimë alone too - she did tell me she didn't want the option to start conversations herself -"

"It was probably good for Maitimë but it does seem like it hurt you -"

"I think I'd say 'distracted'. Leaving her alone might've been pleasanter but it would've been less... the thing that we do instead of being hedonists?"

"Yes, but not having the option -"

"I wouldn't have opted to not have the option."