Two elves walk into the Prancing Pony. The man walks through the room smiling at his surroundings, he slowly takes in the entire room holding a bag. The woman strides confidently with barely a glace at the room.
"Master I wish you weren't leaving," Glorenglir says.
"I am tired," Deluros says. "Even with all the beauty in this land I think it's time for me to head west."
"If you are going to leave I want to know why you refused to continue teaching me. Why didn't you accept me as a master scholar?"
Deluros pulls a vase out of the bag he's carrying and sets it on the table. Cracks are faintly visible around it.
"I recognize that vase," Glorenglir says. "It is the relic of Lord Elrond you had shown to me."
"That alone is a reason why you can not be given the title of master."
"What do you mean?"
"You helped to recover this vase," Deluros says. "It was your idea to hunt the snow lurkers that found the first pieces."
"Isn't that a good reason to recognize my expertise?"
"You again miss the point."
"What is the point you are trying to make?" Glorenglir asks.
"You asked that an adventurer find pieces of relics in a place no one else thought of searching. That is true. However even when they were brought to you the only thought you had was to boost about finding them. You were in such a rush to show how clever you are that you never bothered to examine the fragments that were found."
"I thought that you would be interested in what I found."
"I was," Deluros says "the vase, when reconstructed, is quite remarkable."
"What is the problem?"
"A scholar should seek knowledge above all else. If you had been interested enough in what was found to examine it you would have found that pieces were still missing."
"All that was needed was to find the rest of the snow lurkers that had collected them," Glorenglir says.
"You are wrong the last pieces were found in snow banks. If it was left to you alone they would never have been uncovered."
"I understand. I made a mistake but that is no reason to refuse to teach me."
"When you were shown this vase," Deluros says "both right after it was fixed and just now, you believed it to be from Lord Elrond's collection. If you had been curious enough to examine the fragments before sending them to me you'd have been able to recognize the vase they made."
"I can do better if I'm allowed to learn."
"You will never be a scholar while you only act to advance your possition. A scholar is one who thinks in detail about everything. You must experience the moment in all that you do. Once you learn to enjoy learning for the sake of being able to learn than you will be a scholar."