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I'm not that easy to kill. They'll need to do a lot of rebuilding, though.

[ Because what if the birds didn't tell him that!!! ]

I will be, yeah. I've got some bones for the crypt there and I should make sure no one's accidentally destroyed all the training equipment.

[ The birds say John needs a bath. Or five. :u ]

Very well. I should like to share the chance to bury the one whose bones you carry, having not had the opportunity to leave the library for a short eternity.

[ He likes libraries fine, okay, but Caer Glaem's is like a fucking city and he misses being anywhere else with his days. And also; ]

Your presence by my side is missed. [ Pausing. It's been a while since they spoke. ] I named you for knowing it would be so, were you to step away for any great length of time.

[ He has feelings, don't tell anyone. ]

[ The birds are rude. ]

I have more than one. I'm thinking I'll be back this afternoon, unless something changes.

[ Like Arya pouting at him or Sansa needing his help with something. Luckily there's both the fairy ring and John's ability to teleport within Glaschu that speed up travel. ]

See, I knew Legolas was full of shit when he told me it meant "bear's cub".

[ But there's his own pause now, John wetting his lips. He has feelings too. ]

It seems like a lot of things have changed, but I guess- that's not necessarily true. [ War. Death. But friendship too. ] I'm better with horses now, though. Didn't exactly get the chance to show you during Samhain.

[ A soft noise like a chuckle, but first he address the lesser matter. ]

Show me when you return to Caer Glaem.

[ Thranduil raps a ringed finger on his chair, relieved this isn't a visual discussion on the lockets. ]

Aransadorien means Faithful of the King, and since I am the only Sinda Elvenking who would use Sindarin to create such a name, I hoped it would gain you the aid of unlooked-for friends in the forests.

[ Watching ur back, bro. ]

There's a bay I've taken to in the stables.

[ Look, he even has a favorite. How he's grown. :'D

There's another pause, John swallowing as he learns (finally!) what the name he's been given means. Faithful of the King. Only to a good king, only to a friend -- and Thranduil, he thinks, is both.

He's quieter when he replies. ]

Thank you.

[ Another slight pause, John shifting in his seat before he adds: ] I know you don't agree with the courts. I'm- finding it harder to stay on one side or the other myself. But my status as a knight of the Golden Cadre means that I might be able to help requisition aid from Seelie allies for you as well.

Well, now that I have made arrangements with Ridire, I am hardly at liberty to be indifferent to the plight of the Seelie. I suffer them no great love, and the Unseelie will be welcome within my Halls, but it seems you and I will have more cause than not to spend time together from now on.

I am proud of you, for gaining the distinctions you have, and I am unsurprised by them.

[ Because he believes in John and wow, let's step outside this lovefest!! ]

I shall make an announcement regarding the sectioning off of the Maechenibryth proper that will be truly inhabited in a few weeks' time. Hardly anyone has been there with a true purpose, I think, so the waves caused by new ownership will hardly be much to speak of. Building will begin as soon as the tribes arrive in a fortnight or so.

Once the fortress's bones are secured, I will have rooms made for you.

Invite him fishing, when the spring comes and time allows. I think he enjoys it.

[ sdlkhgsg YES STOP THE LOVEFEST, John is turning a bit red and it's very poor for his reputation. ]

Hopefully. Though there may be aspiring Unseelie who would want to take it. [ Always watching for that knife in the back. ] And maybe a few native hunters who will be concerned about what it might mean for their game, especially with winter coming. But I'm sure you've thought about both of those things.

[ It's not Thranduil's first time running a kingdom. ]

I don't need anything fancy. [ Not that he expects it will stop Thranduil, if the elf puts his mind to it. ] Though- uh, do you know Sif, at all?

[ Urgh, does he have to? Probably. Fishing is so boring, can't he ask Ridire on a hunt? Who cares about fishies.

Wryly, he adds, ] I shall have everybody who trespasses immediately shot on sight. Quite the massacre.

[ Which is to say, yes, he's hardly going to rule with an iron fist. ]

I do not. A friend of yours?

[ Well, he's sure you can do that too. ]

Bodies everywhere. Very effective warning system, [ just as dryly. Shitheads. ]

And of Legolas's. She traveled with him for a while. In my world, they say her people are gods; she's certainly stronger than a normal human. [ A pause, then- ] She made me work out just how hard I could touch her without breaking her within the first week I met her. I think you'd like her.

[ can he bring his not-girlfriend to your new place ]

I was unaware that in between saving Cothromach and becoming a hero, you had owned the time to go courting.

[ lsdkhhgsdlKHSG;DKYGD

good thing he wasn't drinking anything ]

I'm not-

We met before Cothromach.

[ ... like that helps, John. ]

She helped train some of the Seelie shardbearers with myself and Lancelot.

[ Yeaaaaaah, whatevs. c; Get it, son. ]

Certainly, you must bring your lady to stay. If I find her myself before then, [ which he just mighttt ] I will issue the invite first-hand.

She's not my lady.

[ Even if she was, he thinks Sif might break someone's jaw for saying that. ]

I'm sure Legolas would like to see her again, too.

More yours than ours.

[ Do you wanna debate this. ]

What does she look like?

[ why do you do this to him, thranduil ]

Dark hair and eyes. Tall. [ Gorgeous, in his opinion, but he's not going to say that. ] She's usually wearing armor and carries a sword.

[ Because he loves youuu. ]

I shall keep my eyes open. Until next we meet, John.

[ is this what it's like to have parents ]

Soon.

Soon.

[ And off snaps the feed. ]

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