By this time, Legolas had taken the logs out of the fire and were twirling them above Aragorns head. Aragorn scowled at him and said "Not everyone has had as much contact with elven kind as I." Legolas added a candle to the logs as he asked "Now what exactly do these games of yours entail, Elessar?" Aragorns face brightened, and the he was off.
That night, as Aragorn and Arwen were preparing to sleep, the king said "Arwen, dear, why is Legolas so reluctant to take part in our games?" Arwen laughed as she pulled a night slip over her dark hair. "I am surprised you have not figured this out for yourself, tolan." "Well, I haven't." said Aragorn, slightly cross. "Well there are two main reasons. One, his beauty. If you remember, I was named the fairest maiden of this age and he the fairest male. Have you not noticed the effected his over almost every race, whether it be elven or human." Aragorn nodded and she continued. "Well, if he competes in these games of yours, undoubtedly enough maidens will faint for the entire city to become devoid of smelling salts. Two, he has and advantage." "What?" "Aragorn, Legolas does not want to make fools of you by winning every single event." "I know he is better at archery, but I think you forget how skilled we humans can be." "Aragorn, you have never seen Legolas in true form. One day, about 1000 leave falls before you were born, I saw him fight after his mother had been killed by orcs. There was such speed and fury... it was incredible, like seeing Feanor reincarnate. He and Glorifindel spared that day, and... Legolas won." Aragorn was awed at the description; he supposed he had never known how skilled his friend truly was. However, he still thought Arwen underestimated men. "I had not known how talented he was, but still..." "Fine.", Arwen laughed. "Just wait till the competition.