Curufin accepted the flask when it was passed to him, took a drink, and gave it back to Khardeen. And then he listened closely.
And he did catch a new glimpse of the man who was normally obscured by Khardeen's humor. The man who rejoiced in Darkmist's savage retribution and didn't think it was excessive. Curufin could well understand it, since he was pretty much the same, under the cover of his own humor.
"I certainly will never underestimate your Scelties now. It seems that their love for children's books and their tendency to herd their humans is only one side of them, the charming, adorable side. But clearly, they have another. They defend their own. And they make sure that an injury or an offense against them can never be repeated by the offender -- by killing that one dead, in a way that will stand as a dire warning to anyone who might try to commit the same crime."
No worries about warnings! I have no limits. XD
And he did catch a new glimpse of the man who was normally obscured by Khardeen's humor. The man who rejoiced in Darkmist's savage retribution and didn't think it was excessive. Curufin could well understand it, since he was pretty much the same, under the cover of his own humor.
"I certainly will never underestimate your Scelties now. It seems that their love for children's books and their tendency to herd their humans is only one side of them, the charming, adorable side. But clearly, they have another. They defend their own. And they make sure that an injury or an offense against them can never be repeated by the offender -- by killing that one dead, in a way that will stand as a dire warning to anyone who might try to commit the same crime."