"I think at least the latter two are cultural."

"We can talk with the Valar about ideal traits of hybrids, though, if people are going to get it into their heads to have children soon -"

"Oh, are people mostly not -"

"People in Vanda Nossëo mostly aren't, taking fifty years off to raise them would mean missing a lot of important work."

"Are the Valar all equally reasonable once Elspeth talks to them or do they vary?"

"They are all possible to have a conversation with, some remain more interventionist or more creative or more persuadeable or less inclined to ask Eru or whatever."

"By - batch, or by template?"

"Template - there are some difference by batch but mostly 'the ones where we were involved in massacres like us less' and so on."

"Makes sense."

"Yep. Yours should be all pliable, no horrible atrocities even on the horizon - did you get the prophecies -"

"Some of 'em, several through precogging talking to Melkor while she was still locked up and then asked around for more, it was mostly pretty vague and seemed implausible given, like, my presence..."

"Yeah, interdimensional contact knocks Ardas off the rails. I don't know if that's because Bells are so - active - or if it's a butterfly effect thing where any changes knock fate apart."

"I was thinking more that I precipitated contact with my entire Earth more than either."

"That too, but fate falls apart even when that piece doesn't happen."

"I shall feel pleased with myself vicariously."

"Alts are tremendously useful for that!"

"They are! Having alts is my favorite thing."

"I'd feel the same way if mine didn't invariably wish we could just kill them!"

"...yeah, that. Well, not invariably, I am told Mitros is fine? And the Space ones? How's Matirin, notes are unclear on whether he was actually suicidal amounts of traumatized for more than a little while."

"Andalites have an out. I think he was just gloomy."

Nod.

"Being an Andalite sounds nice."

"Matirin is doing a lot of interesting stuff if you think that'd be a good first getting-acquainted-with-what-we're-up-to project."

"Also you could try being an Andalite while you were there. Butterfly likes having a tail, but I think that's generic to tails, not sharp ones in particular."

"Sounds fun, but it seems like it makes more sense for you to be working close to home where you've got superpowers and all-"