Elsewhere:
Maitimo wakes up.
The room is littered with forensic conjurations of people and notes and wands and books and planets. In the room is Ms. Chua, and a black-winged demon. Looks too straightforwardly Asian to be naturally occurring.
It's not hard for some enterprising folks to bundle up batches that size!
Monarchies that actually do things are way out of fashion on Earth and anyway have they even tried democracy? It's so great and democratic.
Everyone's voice is heard! The politicians have to do what the people want or be voted out!
At any rate, humans continue to wish to visit Valinor even though it takes a ten day cruise each way (oh no, the horror, ten day cruises).
Then Minor will cease to be Revelation's primary source on Elves. Has the hospital figured out what's wrong with the baby?
Some minor infectious disease that oh god half of Washington has it now AAAAAAAAAAH.
Sure, but a lot of people have it and their flu season capacity isn't covering it.
He can't actually think of anything to do about that. If they need arbitrary material stuff he'd be happy to help.
Sure, they could use some fever drugs to hand out, it'll save them going through their usual pipeline.
The disease is pretty mild for most people who get it except the elderly and little babies.