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[When Thorir first speaks up, his voice is forceful - demanding and with a hint of accusation in it.] If there are any more members of my family on this network, I want this to be brought to my attention immediately next time. And I'm sure I'm not the only numbered person who feels that way.

That said. [His voice does not quite soften, but loses the edge and instead becomes more factual.]

From what I've seen, there are a number of persons on this network who had to quit their job due to pulses altering their physique too harshly. Due to the situation in the city not being as secure as it used to be, my company has lost a few employees over the last months because they moved away. While those positions can be filled with regular applicants, matters could be rearranged to staff one of the smaller warehouses entirely with numbered persons. The positions that that would offer would include a few movers, an accounts manager and a file clerk. At least one person would need to be able to at least for short spans of time interact with non-numbered people. Training and qualifications could be handled with more lenience in this case, and if physically possible training can be provided, but applicants would have to be able to fill their positions completely within a month at the longest. If this would be possible also depends on the interest in it - either the whole warehouse would be staffed this way, or it wouldn't work. So, please respond if interested in one of those positions.

In a different vein, and not to be seen in connection with what I just said, I'm in need of assistance with telling my wife about this network. Someone with either physical alterations that cannot be explained otherwise, or with magical powers of a similar sort who would be willing to reveal this part about themselves to her would be of great help. She's completely trustworthy, and a compensation could be spoken about if so desired.

[private texts to Eliot and Gabriel]

Is "athelas" part of a language that you can ascribe a people, race or other unit to?

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There were thirteen dwarves.

Do you recognize anyone in addition to myself?

I do not but I have heard the name Thror before, as I read a map belonging to him.

What was on the map?

A mountain, which one I don't know, and words in Ancient Dwarvish about a door.

["Mountain".]

If I ask you if it was the Lonely Mountain, or Erebor, can you confirm or deny?

On the map, it was the Lonely Mountain.

It's likely that it was Thrór's home.

The last of the great dwarf kingdoms of Middle Earth. [He's getting used to that phrase, slowly. It's still odd. Neither of the countries that he would call his home have been part of a king's or queen's realm in his lifetime, yet here he is with those memories of wanting that back...] Why did a person in Rivendell, most likely an elf, have a map that belonged to a dwarf whose home was the Lonely Mountain? [Too many blanks. But bouncing back and forth what they have seems to be the best way to fill in those blanks.]

I don't believe it was an elf. If you were visiting, perhaps it was you who brought the map? I remember it was brought to me in order to have the Ancient Dwarvish runes read, as I knew of the moon letters.

[He pauses.

....He should better bring this up sooner than later.]

I believe that Thorin disliked elves strongly. He must have been desperate to seek former-you's help.

I hope that, despite how your former self felt, it will not affect our friendship.

I will do my best towards that end.

[But he can't promise, because... pulses are hard to reign in, sometimes. He'll try to make sure that they at least don't become something permanent - that even should they try to take over his opinions, feelings and attitudes, he'll be able to recognize the difference and fight them.]

If I can help it at all, it won't be more than momentary slips, if it has to be.

I understand.

I am still learning about my past self, I just hope he didn't do something to further that rift.

We all are still learning.

[And this side of that frustrates him to no end, but frustration won't help it.]

Then all we can do is be patient.

[It is frustrating but Eliot knows there is little they can do for now.]

I will tell you if I learn something new that would be relevant to you. [As should be expected, really, that is what he has done for some twenty-odd years now.]

Thank you. I will do the same, of course.

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