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Post by Nimmir on Aug 28, 2005 20:18:48 GMT -5
"Elrond," she yelled, so he could hear him. "He's in here and he hasn't left-" she said, and stopped as she opened the door, seeing Glauron.
"Nimmir," he whispered. "Ithilwen needed your help..." he stopped. His eyes narrowed.
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Post by Caitlin on Aug 28, 2005 20:19:43 GMT -5
Naru looked at his uncle sheepishly. <Glauron ... > he said with a friendly nod.
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Post by Nimmir on Aug 28, 2005 20:25:21 GMT -5
Glauron's eyes narrowed. "What. Are. You. Doing. Here." He managed through clenched teeth.
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Post by Caitlin on Aug 28, 2005 20:29:13 GMT -5
Naru blinked, trying to form words. Telling his mother, and even Elrond, that he had repented his ways was one thing. Telling Glauron, who looked about to do him bodily harm, was quite another. Nor could he forget his new look -- very fashionable, actually. If one was in Dol Guldur. <I have decided that I hated what I had become,> he explained. <That I didn't want to live like that, a traitor. And then I heard of the siege ... > He trailed off.
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Post by Nimmir on Aug 28, 2005 20:37:27 GMT -5
"Are you sure you're not just here to take Laur back," he asked through gritted teeth. His eyes were narrowed. "Did you tell your mother you branded her with your mother's crest? " Nimmir closed her eyes and took a deep breath.
"I knew Glauron," she whispered and moved in front of her son. "And please... forgive him... you didn't even like him when he was still young..."
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Post by Caitlin on Aug 28, 2005 20:40:19 GMT -5
He looked at Glauron, slightly angry now. "I branded her for her own protection!" he said. "She wanted it, she asked me to! And I made sure to put her to sleep during the actual process, and gave her enough painkillers to numb her entire body while it was healing! Other than that, I treated her like a queen -- anything she wanted, she got!" His eyes were glowing with anger now -- of all the things Glauron could have brought up, he had to this. "And using my mother's crest was not in mockery -- it was to honor her!"
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Post by Nimmir on Aug 28, 2005 20:51:11 GMT -5
Nimmir looked at him with an odd blinked. She nodded and looked to Glauron. "And Elrond knows," she whispered. "He faces trial in a week..."
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Post by Caitlin on Aug 28, 2005 20:52:59 GMT -5
Naru looked at her, startled. He hadn't known that! But then he looked back at Glauron, to see his reaction.
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Post by Nimmir on Aug 28, 2005 20:56:12 GMT -5
Glauron nodded. "And I'll be a witness," he whispered and sighed. "I'll tell Laur you're here... she's been worried about you."
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Post by Caitlin on Aug 28, 2005 20:57:30 GMT -5
He shifted from foot to foot, nervously. His mother he had been able to think about facing, but Laur ... even now, he didn't want to think about that. In some ways, her acceptance meant more to him than Nimmir's. "I hear I have a new cousin," he said instead, to change the subject. "What's he like?"
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Post by Nimmir on Aug 28, 2005 20:58:38 GMT -5
Glauron looked back. "She's perfect," he whispered. "Looks like her mother.. but... has your eyes."
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Post by Caitlin on Aug 28, 2005 20:59:25 GMT -5
He smiled. "Good," he said. "Maybe ... maybe they'll leave her alone." He meant those that had bullied him.
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Post by Nimmir on Aug 28, 2005 21:00:25 GMT -5
Glauron shrugged. "They'll have to go through me, if they do."
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Post by Caitlin on Aug 28, 2005 21:00:50 GMT -5
Naru nodded, happy. "May I ... see her?"
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Post by Nimmir on Aug 28, 2005 21:16:49 GMT -5
Glauron sighed. "When Ithilwen is sleeping," he growled. "And only if Laur wants you to."
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