"Not that bad. If you found enough cooperative daeva and either snuck by Valinor or got permission to go around. I suppose getting permission to go around Valinor is going to be a bit troublesome."

"Yes, and sneaking difficult for magic god reasons."

"Well, let me know when you come to the point where you need some gods charmed. If you don't have anyone more charming lined up already by then."

"I'm not sure charmingness is the deficit, but it might be worth a try."

"Charmingness per se isn't exactly my advantage. And it's possible that the best person for the job is someone more, uh, patient, than me. But I bet I could get somewhere with them."

"Patience is important here but they've got loads of that going around, Elves are way closer to Vala timescales than humans are."

"Well, I am not patient by nature but I am persistent, which I expect will enable me to sustain very slow conversations if necessary."

"Well, hope with me they let a demon do correspondence in Valinor for them."

"Yeah."

"Fortunately I think even humans will acknowledge that it might take a while to find a trustworthy demon."

"That's fair, yeah."

"However much I've shifted opinions on that."

"I imagine most demons are less trustworthy than you."

"This is true."

He laughs.

"Still. Even your average random summon you can let talk."

"Yes. Frankly I'd be much more worried about my safety in the presence of a gagged daeva than one I could talk to in pretty much all cases."

"Because of your skill at talking people into things?"

"Yes, exactly! It's the demons who should be worried about me, if anything!"

Giggle. "And what will you nefariously convince demons of."

"I already got one to ask me on a very nice date!"

"This is true. I am clearly vulnerable to your wiles."

"Don't worry, I have only the best of intentions."

"I'd better hope so."

"I'm going to spend eternity creating paradises wherever I can reach, and I feel like you would be the ideal partner in this endeavour both romantically and practically."