I could have spoken to you in that form. [admittedly, but not ashamedly.] Not with words, of course. But I suppose I saw no need for it.
[or perhaps, in a way, he didn't want to see that kindness end because his identity was revealed. it's a little thing to savor-- he is, in the end, a deceiver. mairon watches discreetly, nothing the initial quiet, the pauses.
to be honest, he's quite perplexed by the cheer. especially if his assumptions are correct and the hobbit does know who he is, who he really is. just like the elves, like elessar. but not quite the same. it seems genuine, for one. in a way. he hasn't known anything genuine in quite a long time.]
My apologies, however, if I have.. discomforted you in anyway. [he picks a sleepily grumpy glaurung up and sets the dragon in the grass next to him, where it grumbles and props a head up on mairon's stomach to stare at merry.] I had not expected my form to change so suddenly.
CRADLES IT CAREFULLY
[or perhaps, in a way, he didn't want to see that kindness end because his identity was revealed. it's a little thing to savor-- he is, in the end, a deceiver. mairon watches discreetly, nothing the initial quiet, the pauses.
to be honest, he's quite perplexed by the cheer. especially if his assumptions are correct and the hobbit does know who he is, who he really is. just like the elves, like elessar. but not quite the same. it seems genuine, for one. in a way. he hasn't known anything genuine in quite a long time.]
My apologies, however, if I have.. discomforted you in anyway. [he picks a sleepily grumpy glaurung up and sets the dragon in the grass next to him, where it grumbles and props a head up on mairon's stomach to stare at merry.] I had not expected my form to change so suddenly.