Many thanks to –
Sylvia Viridian – I actually don't know if this is gonna be a Legomance, actually. I'm leaning that way, but I may throw it all over and have her fall for Boromir. Or maybe Gimli.
Catherine Maria – I didn't know how to put it in! I tried, but she wouldn't tell me when it happened!
Becca – Thanks! You're wonderful!
Nithke – I hope you enjoy the rest, and I thank you deeply for your kind words!
Andrew Joshua Talon – Aw, thanks! And you did get more of Glorfindel!
Is that everybody? I hope so! If I missed you, let me know, and I'll put it in next time I update, I promise!
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Interlude – Pippin
Now, don't get me wrong. I know I'm not the smartest person in the company. Nine Hells, sometimes I think Bill is smarter than I am, and by Bill I mean the pony.
Not that there's any other Bill.
But, anyway. As I was saying. I might not be the smartest, but even I see something wrong with this picture. Our lady companions, friendly, beautiful, powerful, and wise as they may be, I don't trust them as far as I can throw them. And since I'm half their size, that's saying quite a bit.
They ruffle my hair. See, I don't mind it so much when Boromir does it, or Aragorn, but when those...ladies of questionable breeding do it, I want to remove one of their hands with my teeth. Boromir does it out of fondness, he'd hug us, but it's a long way to bend down. I understand that. Boromir's fond and protective and our friend. They do it out of condescension. They don't like us. They don't want to protect us. They wouldn't give their lives for us. They wouldn't risk breaking a nail for us.
But their companion, that Kayli, there's where the difference lies. She doesn't treat us with condescension. I've talked to her. She's nice and funny, and she tells wonderful stories, and she doesn't like them very much. And she doesn't ruffle my hair.
I think. Well, I know she doesn't ruffle my hair. But, on the other stuff, please remember, she's awfully quiet, and she only talks when someone approaches her, and she shuts up if she sees Strider or Legolas or Gandalf. She's comfortable around us Hobbits, and Boromir and Gimli and I think Bill, not that a pony would make her uncomfortable, but she avoids Gandalf and she only talks to Aragorn when he talks to her first and she steps around Legolas like she's afraid he's going to attack without warning.
I approach her now. She's hanging back in the company, her companions hanging all over Aragorn. Well, the blonde is. The redhead is trying to impress our fair Elven companion. I wish her luck. He tolerates her, and barely, at that. Maybe I should learn their names.
However, while I may not be the smartest of our companions, I am not as stupid as a rock, so I have seen the way Kayli watches everyone around her. Kind of like she knows what's going to happen, or like nothing can surprise her. Like she's seen everything, and all of it was bad.
She's at the back of the line, behind Boromir and Legolas and his irritating shadow. Legolas steps past Boromir, and I watch his shoulder twitch. Kayli catches my eye, and grins at me. She saw it too. Legolas drops a wink at me and heads towards the head of the line, the redhead on his heels. He does it on purpose, I know he does. He told Merry and I as much yesterday, after the incident with those bloody birds.
I think that those two are evil. The blonde and the redhead. I think that they're evil. Maybe they're after Frodo's ring, or just after power, the royal kind. That would explain why they're chasing Legolas and Aragorn, after all. Aragorn's going to be a king, and Legolas is a prince of his realm, not that it means so much when your father's going to live forever.
But I don't think Kayli is. Why, she sheared the one girl nearly bald when she insulted her honor. She's funny, and smart, and I honestly think that she would die protecting us, if she had to. I mean, I don't think she'd like the idea, but I think she'd do it. Maybe she's here to stop those other two in their evil designs.
I don't know. Thinking this much makes me hungry. I don't think I'll talk to her right now. I'll see if Sam has any more apples, and put it out of my mind. For now. But I'll keep on watching. And even though I'm not smart, I'll figure her out. Because, you know, I think she could use a friend.
Sylvia Viridian – I actually don't know if this is gonna be a Legomance, actually. I'm leaning that way, but I may throw it all over and have her fall for Boromir. Or maybe Gimli.
Catherine Maria – I didn't know how to put it in! I tried, but she wouldn't tell me when it happened!
Becca – Thanks! You're wonderful!
Nithke – I hope you enjoy the rest, and I thank you deeply for your kind words!
Andrew Joshua Talon – Aw, thanks! And you did get more of Glorfindel!
Is that everybody? I hope so! If I missed you, let me know, and I'll put it in next time I update, I promise!
~
Interlude – Pippin
Now, don't get me wrong. I know I'm not the smartest person in the company. Nine Hells, sometimes I think Bill is smarter than I am, and by Bill I mean the pony.
Not that there's any other Bill.
But, anyway. As I was saying. I might not be the smartest, but even I see something wrong with this picture. Our lady companions, friendly, beautiful, powerful, and wise as they may be, I don't trust them as far as I can throw them. And since I'm half their size, that's saying quite a bit.
They ruffle my hair. See, I don't mind it so much when Boromir does it, or Aragorn, but when those...ladies of questionable breeding do it, I want to remove one of their hands with my teeth. Boromir does it out of fondness, he'd hug us, but it's a long way to bend down. I understand that. Boromir's fond and protective and our friend. They do it out of condescension. They don't like us. They don't want to protect us. They wouldn't give their lives for us. They wouldn't risk breaking a nail for us.
But their companion, that Kayli, there's where the difference lies. She doesn't treat us with condescension. I've talked to her. She's nice and funny, and she tells wonderful stories, and she doesn't like them very much. And she doesn't ruffle my hair.
I think. Well, I know she doesn't ruffle my hair. But, on the other stuff, please remember, she's awfully quiet, and she only talks when someone approaches her, and she shuts up if she sees Strider or Legolas or Gandalf. She's comfortable around us Hobbits, and Boromir and Gimli and I think Bill, not that a pony would make her uncomfortable, but she avoids Gandalf and she only talks to Aragorn when he talks to her first and she steps around Legolas like she's afraid he's going to attack without warning.
I approach her now. She's hanging back in the company, her companions hanging all over Aragorn. Well, the blonde is. The redhead is trying to impress our fair Elven companion. I wish her luck. He tolerates her, and barely, at that. Maybe I should learn their names.
However, while I may not be the smartest of our companions, I am not as stupid as a rock, so I have seen the way Kayli watches everyone around her. Kind of like she knows what's going to happen, or like nothing can surprise her. Like she's seen everything, and all of it was bad.
She's at the back of the line, behind Boromir and Legolas and his irritating shadow. Legolas steps past Boromir, and I watch his shoulder twitch. Kayli catches my eye, and grins at me. She saw it too. Legolas drops a wink at me and heads towards the head of the line, the redhead on his heels. He does it on purpose, I know he does. He told Merry and I as much yesterday, after the incident with those bloody birds.
I think that those two are evil. The blonde and the redhead. I think that they're evil. Maybe they're after Frodo's ring, or just after power, the royal kind. That would explain why they're chasing Legolas and Aragorn, after all. Aragorn's going to be a king, and Legolas is a prince of his realm, not that it means so much when your father's going to live forever.
But I don't think Kayli is. Why, she sheared the one girl nearly bald when she insulted her honor. She's funny, and smart, and I honestly think that she would die protecting us, if she had to. I mean, I don't think she'd like the idea, but I think she'd do it. Maybe she's here to stop those other two in their evil designs.
I don't know. Thinking this much makes me hungry. I don't think I'll talk to her right now. I'll see if Sam has any more apples, and put it out of my mind. For now. But I'll keep on watching. And even though I'm not smart, I'll figure her out. Because, you know, I think she could use a friend.