He switches to tormundic, which is noticeable but still understandable. "Fear not this storm. This is a song of mourning. A moment to share the grieving for the ones not with us. The ones you yet don't know to ache for. As dramatic, scary and unwelcome as it maybe, this is my gift to this world. Which still stands before dawn. The day will come when you will understand the true meaning of hope and wonder why you settle for so little. ...Eulogy-shaped enough to you?"

"Might make people less scared."

"Fenris and Felix generally ignore our Stormlord heritage, but I think it's appropriate. Could you warn people so they don't react badly?"

"I'm wearing a wire, they can hear us."

"Cool."

He closes his eyes.

He does not write in the sky.

It's morse code, but empowered by translation magic. The pulse of light and thunder both delivering the message that reveberates through out the city and through the bones of people, perfectly understandable to everyone in radius.

Fear not this storm. This is a song of mourning. A moment to share the grieving for the ones not with us. The ones you yet don't know to ache for. As dramatic, scary and unwelcome as it may be, this is my gift to this world. Which still stands before dawn. The day will come when you will understand the true meaning of hope and wonder why you settle for so little.

It's terrifying. Aitim smiles encouragingly at him all the same. "Stormlord indeed. I hope you're right that we can find a way to build a safer world."

He snorts. "If only you had met Fenris and Felix together. I have a vague mix of fantasy and notion that someday in the far future they will become gods and arrive here to right all wrongs before moving to the next universe. Not necessarily because they can easily become gods, but because they're so very immortal. They won't stop trying. They're going to take that eulogy as a personal promise to fulfill. Of course, no reason why we should let them have all the good work."

"A pocket dimension could actually solve all our red problems in one go, if there was enough trust. But there would have to be a lot of trust."

"Huh. If we call your cousin Isel now, is she going to be terrified?"

"I think she'll be okay."

Nod. "I would like to talk to her. I think it's... more likely than not to be constructive."

A woman walks out. Navy hair with the edges lightened to a sea-blue. She looks uncertainly at Aitim, approaches.

"Hi. I'm Isel."

"Hi! I'm still nameless. Sorry for being a scary crazy-looking magical alien."

"I'm sure I would be if I landed on another planet. And was magical."

"So, a bunch of people are very invested in learning about the sooooo mysterious red dreamshaper. Could you tell me why this is a good idea? Or at least alternatives to how to handle this mess?"

" - red dreamshaper can at any time portal into their dimension and then portal out from their dimension anywhere? Is that correct?"

"Dreamshapers set portals during sleep. People have to physically move between portals to go to places. Dreamshaping creates pocket dimension space with attached matter and doesn't typically allow for changes post creation aside from portal making. If there was a pocket dimension coexisting with that building over there," he points, "and there was nothing on it, the dreamshaper wouldn't be able to get access to the upper floors without some other kind of help. If he had placed a tall hill, he could've reached the upper floors but not the lower ones. Even if he had placed a building there, the floors might not align properly. This all said. With some forewarning and advanced planning, a pocket dimension would allow someone to... sidestep a lot of physical barriers, yes."

"Then we need to stick the red somewhere really far from everyone and have a way to verify the bounds of his or her dimension, or they'll absolutely kill them."

Nod. "Are you wearing any wires?"

"No but he is."

"I know that... Did you get the part about not quite mind-reading?"

"Yep."

Nod. "Do you mind if I create a Faraday cage with electricity? To block signals anyway."

"Are you also going to make Aitim go away?"

"Honestly, if I could take you to Felix's dimension for the talk this would go so much better. But I'm afraid this might be terrifying and taken as a demand and I don't think your bosses realize that there is only one side here that is okay with murdering innocents."