She's got the baby and she's on her way to the hallucination set and then there's a thing. It eats three orcs. - Not eats. It... puts, three orcs, through its face. There aren't bulges in its body, no chewing no blood no pain even when she can still read someone's mind in the last moment before their head is gone -
Yeah her plan probably wasn't gonna work anyway she steps into the snake portal.
Does she like to be scooped up and twirled around while skating, is that fun too?
Meanwhile, Irikaino composes a checklist.
If they had an Ainu around, they could build an Ainu-killing spell, even if they then went on to not use it against that particular test subject; but the magic refuses to give hints about how one might use it to kill a kind of being that has never existed in this world. So their best bet, if they ever need to fight a god, is for Serik to pick up a lot of power and start trying things on the spot until one of them works.
(Serik has not yet decided that he wants to go kill Melkor. Irikaino is pretty sure he is going to decide that he wants to go kill Melkor, but she's in no hurry to have that confirmed, because fighting gods is still dangerous no matter how troublesome the god, and in fact is arguably more dangerous precisely because this one is so troublesome. So they might as well take the time to prepare.)
The orf fills her in as things occur to her - Balrogs are like so, Thuringwethil does the following stuff with bats, other Valar are reputed to have done this and that, his lordship can pull off these interesting tricks -
So many interesting tricks his lordship can pull off. Irikaino is increasingly glad of the thoroughness of her mental defense spell.
But mostly the orf brings up her baby. Her pain-free, oath free baby who is all hers! Her baby who can chew on carrots with her early, sharp teeth and who is still almost totally silent except for the occasional emphatic Ba! and Umweh! but is understanding more and more words!
Irikaino thinks the baby is cute. She is all right with watching the baby sometimes if Beka and Serik are up to non-baby-watching-compatible activities.
The baby is in fact very ugly, but in a cute way like overbred dogs or rhinoceroses, but Beka's not going to contradict Iri. And as the baby begins to pay more attention to her surroundings than her feet, "put her in a nest nearby" becomes a less viable solution and Irikaino's help is much appreciated!
Baby-watching is totally compatible with designing useful spells and godslaying checklists.
And after a few more months, Serik contemplates whether or not he would like to kill Melkor, and he is not consumed by violent rage but he still totally wants to kill Melkor.
Mmmmmmm kiss. He has the very best orf, and she loves him, and everything is great.
It's a good thing Irikaino is watching the baby right now.
Mmmmmmm. He loves his orf so much. He is going to kill a god for her because he loves her.
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