"The right question at last! As I suspect you've realized, there's no way to save all the gnomes from the Blea

"The right question at last! As I suspect you've realized, there's no way to save all the gnomes from the Bleaching. You cannot return them to the First World and restore their connection to their homeland. And even if there were a sufficiently desperate and powerful creature ready to do it, their actions would not be looked on mercifully by the Lady of Graves."