Many people forget that they have magic in them, and that is a pity.
[The next part, he considers for a while.]
All things were good when they were made, and magic it was that made them, and they were made with magic in them. All things are magic, but that is not why all things were good when they were made. When evil began, it found it could not create--it could only corrupt. And so some magic is corrupted, as are the hearts of many, perhaps all, people. But we are told that because all things began in good, all things will end in good as well, at the ending of the world. For because all things began as good, even evil things are not wholly apart from the good. Thus do my people have mercy on all living things.
[Except giant spiders.
As Thranduil recalls the ancient teachings, something eases in him that has not eased in a very long time. These words of hope, of estel, the deep hope above all and not merely optimism, are what he very much needed to hear right now, even if they come from his own mouth.]
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[The next part, he considers for a while.]
All things were good when they were made, and magic it was that made them, and they were made with magic in them. All things are magic, but that is not why all things were good when they were made. When evil began, it found it could not create--it could only corrupt. And so some magic is corrupted, as are the hearts of many, perhaps all, people. But we are told that because all things began in good, all things will end in good as well, at the ending of the world. For because all things began as good, even evil things are not wholly apart from the good. Thus do my people have mercy on all living things.
[Except giant spiders.
As Thranduil recalls the ancient teachings, something eases in him that has not eased in a very long time. These words of hope, of estel, the deep hope above all and not merely optimism, are what he very much needed to hear right now, even if they come from his own mouth.]