"Caili! You're okay!" Pippin practically tackled her in relief.
Cailiosa hugged the halfling to her, "Well, of course I'm okay. I told you I'd catch up, and I very well would have if you hadn't come back for me."
Legolas fumed, "And what, you just decided to take a nap in the middle of the road?!" He was almost screaming.
"Hey, I'm not dead, am I?"
"How did you accomplish that, by the way?"
She shrugged, "Some friends showed up and gave me a hand"
"You shouldn't have thought to take the orcs on alone!"
Cailiosa struggled to her feet, "You are a very peculiar creature, Legolas Greenleaf. I would think you'd be pleased to see me alive, but all you are doing is arguing with me for saving the lives of your friends!"
"You have no idea how terrified I was, how many nightmares went through my head!"
Cailiosa was so upset now, she was screaming in her native tongue. "But I'm alive!! Would you prefer if I just return home, stop trying to help your mission, stop causing you so much trouble? If that's what you want, I will. I'll just tell Father that it did not work out" her eyes showed she referred to more than just the quest.
Legolas halted dead in his tracks, his eyes going from angry to pained. Pippin just looked at the 2 of them in confusion.
Legolas looked down at the ground, his voice almost unable to be heard, "If that is what you wish, I will not stop you. I cannot say I will not be disappointed, but I will not stand in your way," he looked at Pippin, "Come, we must get back to the group." He turned back to the horse and untied it from the tree. Pippin climbed up, and the Elf climbed on behind him. They headed back at a slow walk.
Cailiosa waited no more than a few seconds, staring after the archer, before walking quickly up next to the horse, holding on to the back of the saddle to make sure she stayed with them. And the three headed off in silence.
Cailiosa hugged the halfling to her, "Well, of course I'm okay. I told you I'd catch up, and I very well would have if you hadn't come back for me."
Legolas fumed, "And what, you just decided to take a nap in the middle of the road?!" He was almost screaming.
"Hey, I'm not dead, am I?"
"How did you accomplish that, by the way?"
She shrugged, "Some friends showed up and gave me a hand"
"You shouldn't have thought to take the orcs on alone!"
Cailiosa struggled to her feet, "You are a very peculiar creature, Legolas Greenleaf. I would think you'd be pleased to see me alive, but all you are doing is arguing with me for saving the lives of your friends!"
"You have no idea how terrified I was, how many nightmares went through my head!"
Cailiosa was so upset now, she was screaming in her native tongue. "But I'm alive!! Would you prefer if I just return home, stop trying to help your mission, stop causing you so much trouble? If that's what you want, I will. I'll just tell Father that it did not work out" her eyes showed she referred to more than just the quest.
Legolas halted dead in his tracks, his eyes going from angry to pained. Pippin just looked at the 2 of them in confusion.
Legolas looked down at the ground, his voice almost unable to be heard, "If that is what you wish, I will not stop you. I cannot say I will not be disappointed, but I will not stand in your way," he looked at Pippin, "Come, we must get back to the group." He turned back to the horse and untied it from the tree. Pippin climbed up, and the Elf climbed on behind him. They headed back at a slow walk.
Cailiosa waited no more than a few seconds, staring after the archer, before walking quickly up next to the horse, holding on to the back of the saddle to make sure she stayed with them. And the three headed off in silence.