At the End of All Things Elves in Revelation
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"Yup."

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"The reason I can't summon is because Dwarves held their language in confidence, and taught it only to people they trusted, and they entrusted me with it."

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"Dwarves too? Crowded history. Where'd they go?"

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"Don't know. Hopefully safe somewhere."

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"I could check."

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"While we're on a motorcycle?"

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"No! When we get there!"

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"Sure, go ahead and check when we get there. They might be magic too, though."

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"What could they do?"

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"They were immune to all mind-affecting magic and could do magic artifact-y stuff."

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"How's the artifacty stuff work?"

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"Uh, you draw it out in advance - they're a little like computer programs? Really long detailed instructions about whatever you're trying to do, things like 'for each occasion when an object meeting the description in the preceding section enters the range of this artifact' - and then you break it down from there, 'for each' is a series of tones in the language we have for magic metalworking - and then you think the tones at the metal, so they'll leave the right impressions in it, and when you're done you've got a magic artifact. They can take decades to design and years to manufacture even once you have a design."

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"Dang."

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"Yeah. Your magic's nicer."

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"I like it! But it can't do magic items."

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"Which is a good thing because it means we are here instead of having terse negotiations over potential Silmarils in the Sun."

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"There is that!"

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"Matthew might've come up with a better solution, he's good at that. But still. I am glad demons can't make Silmarils.

 

Do you mind if I sing?"

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"Be my guest."

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He sings! Elves are really great at that.

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They are! It is nice.

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New York City is snowy.

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"I may want to abandon this in favor of a car in this much snow," Cam says.

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"I can have my brother send a car if you don't want to make one."

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"I can make one but it'd be a pain to get rid of. I mean, so's the motorcycle, but slightly less so."

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