Do you recognize that that seems from an outside perspective kind of unlikely.

Would mind-affecting magic let me bounce you the image or should I not bother.

- it might but it'd be less likely you had normal sense-memories if it were magic compared to if it were actually happening, so it would be slightly informative. - is this a helpful approach to take -

He is being extremely ominous, I would no longer put it past him to hurt Ranary to coerce me, and I want her out. This is not the time to be precious about privacy Curufinwë can have a complete memory set from when he met Thuringwethil.

He doesn't respond.  

Maitimo what are you doing.

Thuringwethil -

No, I have all of the facts about what you are doing, I should have been more precise and asked what you are trying to achieve and how your actions have been advancing that.

Doesn't help anything I just need him to on the whole regret having not lied to Cor.

Well if we manage to lose our mages and the war then he will definitely regret it but Melkor won't regret a thing.

We're not going to lose our mages.

"- oh," Elon says to Ranary, "King says that Thuringwethil - the Maia we loosed for information - is hanging around the city and he's concerned a Maia observing magic could possibly figure out how to imitate it, until we get the all-clear he asks that you please avoid it or if absolutely necessary do it in a secured area."

"I'm not doing unnecessary magic anyway," Ranary says.

"Yeah, you'd think they'd know that. Uh, secured areas are a set of rooms under the north tower and a set in the palace, in case necessary magic comes up."

"Okay."

Maitimo meticulously mops up all of the blood in the room.

I reassured my brother that I'm not torturing anybody. If Ranary gets panicked enough to try something we're set up to stop her but that'll make this much scarier for her than it needs to be.

- Curufinwë -

Yes?

Can you help me keep my friend safe or not.

That depends what she's in danger from. If Maitimo wants to prevent her from fleeing so we have at least one mage to stop Melkor, I, uh, share that priority.

I'm not going anywhere, I want him to be limited by not being able to make me wish I was dead.

Spell could backfire, right?

I can send messages in advance.

In that case I don't mind trying to ensure Ranary is safe so I can assure you of that. But if Maitimo were actually evil and wanted to prevent me from doing so he wouldn't have a very hard time.

It would be very convenient to be able to swear oaths right now.

It frequently is. Do you want me to check on Ranary? Where are you imagining she should go, south continent?

Home. Help with checking planets, maybe.