"Probably Tyelcormo. When our father died he spent several years reminding me to eat and sleep."

Nod.

"I have six, so I'm rather spoiled for choice."

"I'm an only child, am I missing much?"

"I value it. It's nice to have people who are just - yours."

"I'm not sure that part's automatic."

"Yeah, fair. It's true for us."

"Cool."

"Shall we head over to the palace?"

"Lead the way. Is it far?"

"Not especially." He opens the door. The guards outside are already melting out of the way.

Follow follow.

Palace is in the center of the city.

Cor only trips twice.

And he walks him past lots of uniformed people and -

"Hello!" he says in Cor's language, not quite perfectly.

He corrects his pronunciation. "Cor, this is Nelyafinwë Maitimo, King of the Noldor."

"Pleased to meet you. I'd bow but I might break my nose."

Spell side effect, or is it just you?

"Just me - should I be talking aloud or doing the thoughts thing -"

"Talk aloud! I will talk where I can but -" I don't breathe in languages like some people, I haven't got it down yet.

"You're still way ahead of where I would be, so."

I can cheat at the memory part, I have a magic artifact that makes mine nearly perfect. I can't cheat the grammar. Or the pronunciation - Macalaurë and Curufinwë have a downright magical ear for that -

"Oh, neat artifact."

"It's so useful. That's my favorite - that and attention, I having one for following lots of things at once -"