"I've never thought about applying witchcraft to warfare with evil gods before showing up here, I'm sure I'm missing a dozen possibilities. I'll work on this one."

Curufin thinks he might have an angle on stopping humans from dying but it'll be twenty or thirty years before it's done and he won't know if it worked until then.

" - so a concern there is that by then it might be too late to have kids, if it doesn't work and the Philosopher's Stone doesn't work and you don't have a next generation of wizards -"

"Is that feasible anyway, they'd all be cousins. Unless the species can interbreed, I suppose - then you could find orcs -"

"Catherine's not related to anybody except Joanna and Jeremy. It is not a very good starting population, granted. If we were optimizing very hard for this it would be about time to abandon monogamy just to get everything mixed up as much as possible, but..."

"It sounds like there are at least some prospects of ending the war in our lifetimes. In which case I am still saddened at the thought that humans and wizardry will go extinct in this world but I don't think it's worth trying to avert it."

Nod. "I hope the kids aren't too lonesome."

"If the war's over maybe they can find Quendi for company, if not for starting families."

"If."

They come up with a tentative plan to very thoroughly hide a small workspace on the south continent for Finis and Curufinwë and Minor - "and Miranda," says Minor, "if it's going to take months let alone years I am not going without her" - and Accio the Silmarils and spirit them away there where they can be hopefully figured out for use. 

They scout for sites. 

Elu Thingol hems and haws on taking in humans.

Carefully rationed birth control potions run out.

"Argh."

Kiss. Sigh. "....we could've gotten married three months sooner."

"You in no respect saw this coming."

"Weeeeeeelll I - anticipated that something in the class of 'things that might make us wish we'd gotten married three months sooner' might happen?"

"You did not see this coming, no points. ...but yes, I wish we had gone for the summer option."

Minor kisses her passionately and then remembers that he probably should not do that.

Wurble.

Elu Thingol would like to meet these humans on whose behalf he is being asked to extend his kingdom's protection.

"And the house-elves, has anyone told him he'll have to let the house-elves in too or it's not really feasible to go -"

"Maybe pick one battle at a time?"

"- and Kat."

" - yes. I don't know how they'll take that - they might actually know Kat's grandparents -"

"Depending on how long the visit is supposed to be I'm not even sure we should leave her behind for that long."

"A few days, plus the travel time. Up to you - but do prepare to be turned right around at the border -"