"I'm glad. It seems like it would make trimming them a problem."

"She - just doesn't grow them? Past where she wants them? Bodily control."

"Ah. I hadn't realized it was quite that thorough."

"It's pretty great."

"It certainly sounds like it!"

"Are the - status quo mages - liable to notice Valar if they are only about as obtrusive as I have been?"

"That might depend on where they were but probably not."

"Then the Valar being more detailed and experimental about their powers and how they stack up against yours is going to yield better results, if one can be brought."

"That's good to hear."

"I can't tell from here if my chip is sending backups. If it's not I might not be able to directly communicate with home even if I swear something to a Vala. If you can bring someone from my world here, does that reliably imply that you will be able to send them back?"

"I couldn't swear to reliably under the circumstances but it does imply it."

"I'm going to try swearing to the Valar that this is a matter of urgency and that I have certain intentions if they can't manage travel, give them a day, and then I think you should try to bring in my husband. It wouldn't really be excusable to wait much longer with the dying for no reason."

He nods somberly. "...How long is one of your days?"

"I don't know local time units yet. Perhaps six times longer than I have been here so far."

He gestures to a clock. "One of the little ticks is a second, sixty seconds is a minute, sixty minutes is an hour, and twenty-four hours is a day."

She looks. "About twice as long as your days."

"Huh. Well, different planets."

"Endorë days are more like yours."

"Does your species suffer any ill effects from either day length?"

"No - Valinor has magical properties affecting the passage of time and we don't need to sleep very much."

"Humans who have to deal with unconventional day lengths often suffer side effects even if they're getting enough sleep."

"We don't have that problem. I suspect Valinor would protect you from that even without further adjustment but if it didn't the Valar would fix it."

"It's mostly an issue far enough north to experience dayless winter and midnight sun."

"We can live that close to our poles without trouble as long as we keep warm enough."

"It can cause serious mental disorders in humans. I'm glad you don't have to worry about that."