"It really is. Not for everyone, obviously, but I can't imagine a better place for you."

Giggle.

And they get back to work. A day later he has a pair of T'Mir's shoes for Bella. "Skating was fun, I want to do that again. And I want you fast on your feet if there's any trouble."

The shoes, of course, fit. She jumps and clicks her heels together and lands.

Do Davlia people like ice skating rings? They can definitely do an impromptu one, if it's of interest.

Davlians have hooves and are intensely skeptical of the concept.

Fair enough! The Quendi will put on a figure-skating exhibition if anyone is interested, and sing their own accompanying music!

...All two Quendi?

It's mostly Rúmil, Fëanáro likes flying too much to be a responsible ice skater. They have a grand time, though.

It takes Bella a little while to get the hang of it again. T'Mir proves able to ice skate on only storebought boot level of boost and picks it up as long as that's what's happening.

That's what's happening only when they need a break from spell development and politicking and logistics.

All of which are wonderful and highly absorbing activities.

And coming along! They have a plan for the evacuation, they have better earpieces, do they have other nations interested in joining Elendil?

There's this one planet that T'Mir dropped warp on which only recently put it into practice and has been denied Federation membership for showing signs of tampering; they're tentatively interested but would like a better idea of what they'd be getting into.

Luckily they now have a backbone of a constitution and a procedure for admitting members and rules about trade and immigration and so forth!

And now they have three member planets (and a moon, the new guys have an inhabited moon - well, and the one the oligarchs are building on is also a moon. Two planets two moons).

Is the Federation taking them seriously?

The Federation thinks they're a flash in the pan; apparently people attempt to federate all the time and it seldom sticks. But it's really confused about how they're getting around.

Good. They'll keep that under wraps for a bit. Can they announce that Valinor might be an interested member nation, and that it's pre-warp, and not where to find it? Would that just be asking for trouble?

It is entirely plausible that someone with surveyor skills could have found and not reported the location of a prewarp planet!

Fëanáro asks his father if Aman will join the Elendil and his father says Aman will certainly be talking about it.

"It will be sort of awkward if the Quendi leadership there and the Valar disagree on this point."

"I think the King realizes that outcome needs to be avoided," Rúmil says.

"...presumably by agreeing with the Valar, one way or another."

"Yes."