mirelótë in lotr
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"Maybe I'm wrong, won't know till I talk to him."

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"He's pretty recently returned to life. Ten Years or so ago."

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Nod.

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And he reads through the notes on things to explain to the Valar.

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On which she elaborates as necessary.

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And where there are relevant species differences or magic-related differences he mentions them.

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What a good and helpful alternate universe Rúmil.

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Nothing at all like the interactions with people 'rescued' from her Utumno.

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She does ask during a lull in the conversation - "Is it just that time helps, should people on my world consider obliging their rescue forks to run longer, or is this Melkor just worse at -"

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" - time helps, but I would resent having been obliged to keep going if I could've stopped."

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- nod.

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"And - lots of time. A hundred Years or so before it's even sometimes all right."

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"I will - refrain from suggesting it."

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Nod. "And yours are plausibly worse-off."

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Nod.

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"If there were a way to keep our dead unconscious that would help tremendously."

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"I don't think I can lead with that effectively but I'll get it in as soon as I can - hopefully they can just talk to mine, who are by this time not even difficult -"

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"It sounds like you did amazingly well."

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"Thank you."

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Fingon arrives a few days later. 

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She goes out to meet him.

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"Hello. That was the most interesting letter I've received in some time."

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"If it weren't I'd want to meet whoever was writing you." Awkward pause. "How are you?"

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" - alive? It did not seem constructive to stay dead much longer - it's been Ages -"

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She hands him the section on suspending certain mental alterations.

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