Veron in Arda
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Smile. ... He should probably stop having the chat, wonderful as it is. And deal with the big bad evil guy.

"I - should go talk tactics with your parents, I'm sorry, it was wonderful talking to you, just." He waves a hand vaguely. "World won't save itself, you know."

Being competent sucks. He wants to talk to her some more.

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"Good luck."

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"Hey, Lady Luck hasn't abandoned me yet, why start now?" says Veron, lightly. "Thanks."

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She dances off. And a while after that he can see the King and Queen. 

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That gives him time to screw his head back on, which is for the best, really.

He bows politely to the King and Queen.

"Thank you for harboring me, especially after, my uh. Trespassing. I appreciate it and will do my best to not betray your trust."

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Thingol is very very tall but not quite as tall as his wife. Long silver hair braided very elaborately. "It is our hope that your visit here will make our land and people safer."

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"It is mine as well, your majesty."

He is going to let the monarchs of this nice nation steer which topic they talk about first, he thinks. That seems most polite.

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"The Enemy seems to have been angered by his confrontation with you, and has attacked again in the north."

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Wince.

"... Yeah, I have that effect on evil people. Are the defenses holding so far?"

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"We're not on terms with our neighbors to the north such that they'd inform us, but orcs haven't reached here yet."

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He has some practice with shielding his thoughts now, so he does not broadcast the thought of, well why fucking not, but he still has it.

Instead he just nods.

"Perhaps I can persuade them to reconsider this policy," he says, absolutely not bringing up how it's probably a result of a failure of diplomacy by both parties. That wouldn't be helpful. He wants to help. "You'll be more prepared to protect your people with more information to work with."

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"There are costs to such a policy as well."

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"As to any choices made in war," says Veron gravely, because this is better than, are you seriously letting your schoolyard grudge get in the way of keeping your people safe? That would not be helpful. "What costs do you speak of in particular, perhaps I can mitigate them."

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"Right now it is very rare for people to come and go from Doriath, which makes it impossible to sneak in spies, people influenced by the Enemy, and sources of danger to us. It would be difficult to have more exchange of information while maintaining the integrity of our borders. The Noldor tend to be provocative and closer contact exacerbates that, such that their fondest friends are mostly those who needn't speak to them. And we do not trust information they would convey."

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Another nod.

"Would it be possible to set up a system where they drop off written reports at your border, without entering Doriath itself and putting your people at risk or having to endure their presence?"

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" - oh, we don't have that."

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Veron is a bit surprised, but not so much that he shows it. Instead he nods again. They don't have to be literate, that's okay.

"Oh, all right. Something that could record sound, maybe? Or - there are communication spells available in wizardry, perhaps something of that nature could strike the correct balance between safety and communication?"

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"Record sound? No one has that. Communication magic might do if the Enemy couldn't intercept or distort it."

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"Oh. I might have that. I know of it, but I didn't make a point of collecting anything of that nature, so I'd have to check. I can look into communication magic as well, perhaps there is something that's safe from tampering."

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"Would it work with magic songs?" Melian asks.

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"I'm not sure. We might have to test it and see."

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"That would be of great value if it worked."

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"If it doesn't, I know someone I can speak to that knows a lot about foreign magic songs, he might be able to help get it to work. If I can successfully contact him, anyway."

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"What affects that?"

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"He's on another plane, and isn't in a place where I can just send someone after him. I'm not entirely sure where he is, actually. So contacting him would have to be directly by magic, which could potentially be intercepted, or I might not even have the resources to manage it in the first place. I was doing an assessment of the state of my resources when Gorthaur interrupted me."

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