Legolas could not believe the stupidity of that guy. He blinked a couple times as he watched Anakin the Jed-Eye started walking right towards him. Ai Elbereth. if he was trying to run away, why didn't he go in another direction? He was holding an armful of firewood. He had not gone very far at all, and indeed had kept his eyes on the strange person the whole time. all of five minutes. Seriously, why could he just not sit still? No one. NO ONE that Legolas had wanted to keep an eye on had ever gotten away from him. And he did not expect that something like that would happen any time soon. The Elven prince smirked, and decided to wait until Anakin was almost on top to say something.

"Mae govannen, Jed-Eye*."

Anakin made quite a humorous squeaking sound and jumped backwards nearly two yards before he fell flat on his back. The elf raised an eyebrow at him. Then he proceeded to walk past him into the small clearing in which he had decided that they would camp before. He was busy building a fire as Anakin got onto his feet and recomposed himself, however in vain. A little downcast, he slumped back down in his former seat beneath a tree, and glowered at the freaky elf-dude making a fire. He could have done it twice as fast had he a lighter. But, nooooooooooooo, he had to leave that at home. The fire could potentially cause a breakdown in oxygen gasses and make his ship blow up. He snorted. Well, it blew up anyway. He might as well have brought a lighter.

"Yo, Legolas."

The elf turned to fix an icy-blue stare at him.

"Mani, lostdol edan*?"

Anakin blinked.

"Uh, yeah, do you happen to have any food?"

Legolas looked at him blankly for a few minutes before turning back to the fire. He had a good idea what he wanted. If that evil human had not interrupted him in the most crucial point of his hunt. He shook his head. Nope. It was definitely going to be a light meal today. Anakin scowled and crossed his arms as he went ignored. Presently a fire was crackling merrily, chasing all the shadows a safe distance away. Anakin soon remembered that he was tired and was snoring away before Legolas could have time to feed him. The elf shrugged and kept watch on the insane mortal all night, deciding it was better than waking up and finding himself strangled to death. Legolas furrowed his brow. No. Wait. if he was strangled to death, then he wouldn't wake up. and then. confused, Legolas shook his head and set his eyes on the evil man.

Anakin woke up next morning with a stiff neck, aching back and quite empty stomach. He was not in a good mood. The unlikely pair spent a while in irritable silence. Legolas gave Anakin some bread and dried meat to eat, which happened to be the last of his supplies, and then he made the Jed-Eye start walking again. As a pastime, Legolas tried to get to understand the gibberish excuse of a language that Anakin kept on blurting out. He was rewarded to find it was a rustic variation of Westron, which he could understand perfectly. So, after they were walking for about five hours, Legolas understood much of Anakin's poor vocabulary. Though words like "star cruiser" and "Curuscant" were still far away from his reach. And he still deemed the Jed-Eye crazy.

And Anakin still deemed Legolas a cannibal.

"So. eh. where are we going?"

Legolas looked sidelong at him.

"My adar's palace," he said, his voice low and quiet as he tried to master the strange tongue.

"What's an adar?" Anakin asked.

Legolas rolled his eyes.

"My father."

"You're father's name is Adar?"

"No! Adar means Father!"

"What IS his name?"

Legolas scowled.

"None of your concern!"

"Why are we going there?"

"You are trespassing!"

"I am not! You're dragging me halfway through a forest, and I-"

"You were trespassing when I found you," Legolas growled. "Now keep quiet and you shan't get hurt."

"Is he going to kill me?"

"Who?"

"Your adar."

"No!" Legolas was getting quite ruffled. "Yet if he does not I might do the honours by relieving you of your overly-large head!"

Anakin scowled in silence for a while.

"I'm hungry," he said eventually.

Legolas rounded on the annoying human. He was getting quite peeved.

"Then go get something to eat! I daresay with your intelligence you might be able to find a few insects beneath the leaves!"

That stopped all conversation for quite a while, much to Legolas' delight. He by far regretted learning the strange language that Anakin called "English". Anakin was getting tired and whiny, and wanted stop walking. However the Elven prince seemed tireless, and he only stopped once the sun had once again gone down and Anakin was exceedingly hungry. And then Legolas froze, frowning. He told Anakin to build a fire, and then disappeared into the thick forest. He came back an hour later, and his bow was in his hand, and a big grin was on his face.

"What? What happened?" Anakin asked.

"Oh, nothing." Legolas answered. "I just killed a couple of Orcs."

Anakin blinked.

"What are Orcs?"

Legolas looked at him like he was crazy.

"Orcs. you know, the . evil people?"

"You killed someone!" Anakin was aghast.

"I killed Orcs," Legolas said uncertainly.

"What did they do to you?"

"They were camping a little way ahead. I did not think that we would appreciate -"

"You killed someone who did nothing to you whatsoever other than camp in your Adar's forest?"

"Um." Legolas glared at him. "Well."

"How could you do such a thing? You cannot kill people because they are merely in the way! What about their rights? They could have had a family somewhere, a wife, and kids, or you could have even killed them! It could have been a whole family going out on a picnic! And you just ended their lives. They are banished to oblivion for the rest of eternity because they camped in the wrong forest."

"Jed-Eye. They. Are. Orcs."

"I do not care what race they are! It is no better than killing a human."

Legolas shook his head in shock. He did not know how to answer this insanity.

"Dollost edan*," he muttered, and then turned back into the forest and disappeared.
*Well met, Jed-Eye!

*What, empty-headed human?

*Empty-headed human.