"The more the merrier, I say. I'm sure you keep good company. I trust you won't bring in elves who're afraid of a little elbow grease?" Because hey, while the citizenship in his kingdom is technically an easy affair, they are smaller than other nations. There's still a lot of work to be done, and everyone has to pitch in! But Roland has a feeling this won't deter Glorfindel, or anyone else he associates himself with. There's an easy sort of faith he grants to Glorfindel, and it's a feeling Roland doesn't try to hide or fight.

"...Well, it's getting there. Maybe with a little extra help, we'll finally be able to give Evan a kingdom where everyone can live happily ever after." That wasn't a lie. With almost all the major nations signed under their Declaration of Interdependence, the rest of the world didn't seem as daunting. But his own world, the one where he was taken from -

- no, Glorfindel didn't need to know the sorry state of affairs in his actual birthplace.