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[dirth]

It is the most that can be allowed. I will be on guard until she returns.

[ Solas watches his friend prepare, his gaze dropping down to the ring. There’s hesitance there - it’s not as though his friendships are any secret, but few have been so content to have him declared so obviously. All in the Inquisition will know Solas did not get the ring himself for himself.

It is a good thing all the same. ]

I will wear it well and hope it brings fortune. The Dalish will not welcome me truly, but I may be afforded some kindness.

[ But, hm. He frowns, sly eyes drinking in Thranduil properly. ]

I do not know what you mean.

[ Yes he does. He slips on the ring, on the middle finger of his right hand. ]

[rowancrowned]

[ thranduil's pleased expression turns innocent enough, he looks away, crosses the room, pretends to fuss with one of the orchids by a window, makes watering it an intricate ordeal. ]

Shall I explain quendi courting to you, or will you have her do so?

[ which he is sure galadriel will manage with grace, somehow, such is her damnable nature. ]

[dirth]

[ This is not what Solas had come to speak of, and even with his anxieties comforted he still wishes to make sure he is set on a plan for Adalia, but this is well laid bait he cannot help but take advantage of. ]

Is it so different from traditional courting?

[ Sometimes, Solas thinks he ought to bite his own tongue. ]

[rowancrowned]

Galadriel is a law unto herself. I needn't say more than that, but that she has you so close means she cares for you a great deal.

[ he settles the orchid a bit closer to the window. ]

Her husband was my cousin. He made a great deal of mistakes with her, namely that he wandered. Do not be a fool as he was.

[ thranduil doesn't bother to realize that solas might hear that as 'slept around' or 'looked at other hot elf chicks', or anything other than 'literally went far away'.

considering that settled: ]

Is there anything more of Adalia?

[dirth]

And I care for her. I would not have shared as I did were or not so.

[ They had kissed once, before she had learned, and Solas had fled. He had not wished to lie to her. He had not wished to betray the trust she gave him. Now she knows more than anyone; Solas welcomes her into his life and his heart.

The mention of her husband has him souring a little however. ]

She spoke of him, once. It was enough for me to hear.

[ But that’s not relevant at all, is it. ]

No. We are all watching. It is all that can be done.