[(There is, predictably, a piece of smoked and dried pork in it for Hardie.)]
We were discussing how far your sword arm's come. In light of which, I'm prepared to surrender without much of a fight. [He falls back a step from Thranduil accordingly, though it's to remove the book from under his arm and offer it to Gwenaëlle. Ecclesiastical essays.] Courtesy of the new archivist.
no subject
We were discussing how far your sword arm's come. In light of which, I'm prepared to surrender without much of a fight. [He falls back a step from Thranduil accordingly, though it's to remove the book from under his arm and offer it to Gwenaëlle. Ecclesiastical essays.] Courtesy of the new archivist.
no subject
I am pleased to hear that.
( no 'beloved', no 'my lady', but his smile is warm all the same, if without the depths that privacy would allow him to reach. )