They circle the planet and look at the architecture. They are somewhat disappointed.
"Maybe the aliens think they're pretty," someone says dubiously.
"No," someone else says. "Some things are universal."
"Maybe the aliens are all blind."
"That makes more sense."
"Well we have to pick somewhere."
This place has a lovely large statue-garden-monument thing that Elves would not go out of their way to avoid if it were in Tirion, though they'd probably walk through it quickly. They go for that one.
She sends him an email. Pity it would defeat the purpose for me to help wash your hair!
When you go to Endorë and no one cares you can wash my hair but the shower may end up even longer than a decontamination one!
Yeah, Endorë's not as nice. Well, not as nice for Elves. But I could take a couple Years off, they'd all live.
I bet if we tried really hard we could find someone else willing to do it.
Calado's scouts come back again with more planets, including one that has the right length for a year. Since no one's sure how to expect Amentans to reseason on Endorë (Valinor has worked fine, but there's magic interfering), this is the most promising first terraforming candidate. They ask Yavanna to do it. She goes off to do that.
Now that there's a specific planet to hand out there's another conference on how to do it.
Representatives go to the conference! Some of them are of the opinion that states should not have to share planets.
Calado has special arrangements with Endorë and Valinor regarding immigration already so someone else who doesn't have the luxury of having taken non-swapped immigrants in recent memory should get it. Perhaps Tapa.
Everyone else can also make arrangements with Valinor regarding immigration and Endorë's not taking clean immigrants. Well, Endorë would take clean immigrants who wanted to go there but none are anticipated. What's Tapa offering Calado for exclusive rights to the planet.
What do they want?
Lots of money, mutual defense agreement and military tech sharing, assurance of Tapa's cooperation in sending its reds and its colony planet's reds to Endorë once they are replaceable with robots.
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