"We'll do our best to live up to it."

"Can't wait to meet the Queen, either."

"I do think you'll get along very well."

"I am very impressed with her already."

"I'm glad."

"An independent human kingdom."

"Considering we've got nothing but humans back home it's going to take me some time to really get that this is a big deal, I think."

"It's a big deal."

"I do know that. I just--keep forgetting."

"I can keep reminding you."

"That'll probably be useful."

"An independent human kingdom!"

"Independent human magic kingdom. It's going to be so magic, it'll be great."

"So magic, the Elves will feel like they're being shown up."

"Possibly except Maedhros."

"Oh?"

"So when I first showed up I was very close to Himring and once I learned about the Enemy I promptly started teaching people magic and Maedhros is scary good at it."

"And you think he's a comparatively safe person to be scary good at it?"

"Yes."

"Alright. In that case I'll be glad we have a backup."

"None of the shit the House of Feanor pulled struck me as the kind of thing that would have gone worse if they had more resources and he's very, very committed to seeing the Enemy dead."

"...I see what you mean. And I do trust your judgment."

"Thank you for not assuming it's compromised because I happen to like them."

"I was rather assuming you liked them because of your judgment of them as people worth liking."

"I do. But I might like them even if I didn't trust them."