"I thought you were dead!" said Caitlin as she held asufelds reigns and
walked beside gimli through the stables.
"don't be foolish lass, im a dwarf." He said proudly as he puffed out his chest a little. Caitlin could see that having other dwarves in the city had brought him great pride in his people, more even than usual.
"and what of you, my friend?" asked Gimli as he glanced down at her leg, and then out at Legolas who was on the other side of the stables attending to his horse.
"me, oh gimli, don't be foolish, its only a scratch, im human after all." She said in a somewhat sarcastic voice. Then smiled brightly at him.
"I wasn't talkin about the leg, I mean your other more serious wound, in your heart." He said with a low voice.
The smile disappeared from her face and she stopped walking. Caitlin glanced over at Legolas who acted as though he had never met her before. never looking at her. Caitlin secretly cursed gimlis ability to read her so well. He could see how she suffered from Legolas's cold shoulder. Caitlin knew legolas wasn't intentionally brushing her off, but he had things to deal with on his own and he didn't need her interfering.
"that is a complicated story Gimli." She said, hoping he would simply drop the subject. She handed Asufeld over to one of the stable boys and then with spear in hand, she went as quickly as she could from the stables with Gimli close on her heals.
"you wouldn't be trying to avoid the subject now would you?" said Gimli as she slowly made her way up the stares to the doors. She silently cursed her injury, and how inconvenient it made getaways. "come on girl, you cant avoid this forever." He said.
Caitlin could feel herself becoming annoyed. "Gimli, please, im not ready to talk about this yet." She said. everything seemed to be happening so fast, the dwarves, and her leg, Legolas being so distant with her..... There just wasn't any time for Caitlin to sort through her emotions. She loved legolas, but it was selfish and quite frankly ignorant for them to continue on without taking any notice of the fact that she was mortal, and he was not.
Caitlin sighed with relief as she saw eomer coming towards her. with an expression on his face that told her she would be engulfed in his conversation for quite some time.
"wizard, it is wonderful to see you," he said as he took her hand. "here let me help you." He said as he lifted her up the last few steps. "you are needed in the great hall, we are preparing the celebration for our victory at helms deep."
"you haven't had that yet?" asked Caitlin as she was bustled through the doorway by eomers guidance. Leaving gimli behind.
"no, the men felt it wouldn't be right without you there, have you heard that gandalf and king theoden travel to the tower of the white wizard." He said as he continued to lead her along.
"no I hadn't heard that," she responded as Eomer continued through the hall.
"then you are quite out of the loop." He said as he walked with her through the corridors.
"Eomer, I thank you for the enlightening information but, sir, where the hell are we going." Caitlin pulled away from his grasp on her hand and stood, she had had quite enough of him pulling her around like a child.
"I have a surprise for you, wizard, we, had been working on it ever since you were injured. You spoke in your sleep, some of it in a strange tong, most likely of your people. But what we gathered of it we made for you." He said as he opened a door just to the left of where they were standing.
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"Legolas," said Aragorn.
"Legolas," he said again, finally gaining the elfs attention. "do you have a moment."
"yes, aragorn." He said as he left his task in the stable to join Aragorn outside. They both walked down the path. "they are preparing a celebration tonight. Will you be attending?"
"is that why you asked to speak with me?" asked Legolas.
"no, I was making conversation my old friend, but I know you like to get to the point so here it is. I have watched as you and Caitlin have become.....close...and I am concerned that perhaps you have not taken into consideration all of the consequences involved in such things." He said.
"you sound like Caitlin, I don't understand what is so difficult, love....is love." He said.
Aragorn turned away from legolas for a moment. In thought of arwyn.
"you are to old to believe the sayings of poets and optimist, you know life does not run the same simple path as the songs we sing around the fires. Love is more complicated and treacherous than that." he said as his fingers grazed the pendant evenstar around his neck.
"that was what I held as truth before loving her. poets and optimist seem wiser now that she is here, their must be a way for our love to survive..... for me...to bind myself eternally to her..."
"do not speak the language of fools legolas." Said Aragorn in a harsh and demanding tone. "do your character greater justice by seeing the truth." His hand clasped on legolas's shoulder. "if you love her, you will allow her to find love within her grasp. To love an immortal....means living every day with the knowledge that you doom the perfect immortal life of your lover to despair and torment." He said
"I am willing to make that sacrifice...for her." said Legolas.
"BUT IS SHE,...is she ready to take that on, to live and age, until her body is withered and dying, while you remain whole and young and.....when she dies....the last breathe she takes will be one of sorrow, that you loved for only a moment of your life, only to waist your heart for every other." His eyes looked to the ground as he finished feeling the anguish he brought to his friend, while also feeling the pain in his own heart, for arwyn.
"I ask you only to consider what I have said, as your friend." He said. "I will say no more, I have said my peace." Aragorn then left Legolas, heading up the stairs to the hall.
Legolas felt his heart sink, as he headed back to the stables, leaning against the wall he closed his eyes, tightly, feeling the pain well up in him.
"don't be foolish lass, im a dwarf." He said proudly as he puffed out his chest a little. Caitlin could see that having other dwarves in the city had brought him great pride in his people, more even than usual.
"and what of you, my friend?" asked Gimli as he glanced down at her leg, and then out at Legolas who was on the other side of the stables attending to his horse.
"me, oh gimli, don't be foolish, its only a scratch, im human after all." She said in a somewhat sarcastic voice. Then smiled brightly at him.
"I wasn't talkin about the leg, I mean your other more serious wound, in your heart." He said with a low voice.
The smile disappeared from her face and she stopped walking. Caitlin glanced over at Legolas who acted as though he had never met her before. never looking at her. Caitlin secretly cursed gimlis ability to read her so well. He could see how she suffered from Legolas's cold shoulder. Caitlin knew legolas wasn't intentionally brushing her off, but he had things to deal with on his own and he didn't need her interfering.
"that is a complicated story Gimli." She said, hoping he would simply drop the subject. She handed Asufeld over to one of the stable boys and then with spear in hand, she went as quickly as she could from the stables with Gimli close on her heals.
"you wouldn't be trying to avoid the subject now would you?" said Gimli as she slowly made her way up the stares to the doors. She silently cursed her injury, and how inconvenient it made getaways. "come on girl, you cant avoid this forever." He said.
Caitlin could feel herself becoming annoyed. "Gimli, please, im not ready to talk about this yet." She said. everything seemed to be happening so fast, the dwarves, and her leg, Legolas being so distant with her..... There just wasn't any time for Caitlin to sort through her emotions. She loved legolas, but it was selfish and quite frankly ignorant for them to continue on without taking any notice of the fact that she was mortal, and he was not.
Caitlin sighed with relief as she saw eomer coming towards her. with an expression on his face that told her she would be engulfed in his conversation for quite some time.
"wizard, it is wonderful to see you," he said as he took her hand. "here let me help you." He said as he lifted her up the last few steps. "you are needed in the great hall, we are preparing the celebration for our victory at helms deep."
"you haven't had that yet?" asked Caitlin as she was bustled through the doorway by eomers guidance. Leaving gimli behind.
"no, the men felt it wouldn't be right without you there, have you heard that gandalf and king theoden travel to the tower of the white wizard." He said as he continued to lead her along.
"no I hadn't heard that," she responded as Eomer continued through the hall.
"then you are quite out of the loop." He said as he walked with her through the corridors.
"Eomer, I thank you for the enlightening information but, sir, where the hell are we going." Caitlin pulled away from his grasp on her hand and stood, she had had quite enough of him pulling her around like a child.
"I have a surprise for you, wizard, we, had been working on it ever since you were injured. You spoke in your sleep, some of it in a strange tong, most likely of your people. But what we gathered of it we made for you." He said as he opened a door just to the left of where they were standing.
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"Legolas," said Aragorn.
"Legolas," he said again, finally gaining the elfs attention. "do you have a moment."
"yes, aragorn." He said as he left his task in the stable to join Aragorn outside. They both walked down the path. "they are preparing a celebration tonight. Will you be attending?"
"is that why you asked to speak with me?" asked Legolas.
"no, I was making conversation my old friend, but I know you like to get to the point so here it is. I have watched as you and Caitlin have become.....close...and I am concerned that perhaps you have not taken into consideration all of the consequences involved in such things." He said.
"you sound like Caitlin, I don't understand what is so difficult, love....is love." He said.
Aragorn turned away from legolas for a moment. In thought of arwyn.
"you are to old to believe the sayings of poets and optimist, you know life does not run the same simple path as the songs we sing around the fires. Love is more complicated and treacherous than that." he said as his fingers grazed the pendant evenstar around his neck.
"that was what I held as truth before loving her. poets and optimist seem wiser now that she is here, their must be a way for our love to survive..... for me...to bind myself eternally to her..."
"do not speak the language of fools legolas." Said Aragorn in a harsh and demanding tone. "do your character greater justice by seeing the truth." His hand clasped on legolas's shoulder. "if you love her, you will allow her to find love within her grasp. To love an immortal....means living every day with the knowledge that you doom the perfect immortal life of your lover to despair and torment." He said
"I am willing to make that sacrifice...for her." said Legolas.
"BUT IS SHE,...is she ready to take that on, to live and age, until her body is withered and dying, while you remain whole and young and.....when she dies....the last breathe she takes will be one of sorrow, that you loved for only a moment of your life, only to waist your heart for every other." His eyes looked to the ground as he finished feeling the anguish he brought to his friend, while also feeling the pain in his own heart, for arwyn.
"I ask you only to consider what I have said, as your friend." He said. "I will say no more, I have said my peace." Aragorn then left Legolas, heading up the stairs to the hall.
Legolas felt his heart sink, as he headed back to the stables, leaning against the wall he closed his eyes, tightly, feeling the pain well up in him.