Hunt It, Kill It, Cook It

[altariel]

Léof likes a quiet life. His father sees things slightly differently.


Hunt It, Kill It, Cook It

Ithilien, in the Fourth Age

Léof likes a quiet life. He sees his future self as a Ranger, far from company, self-reliant. His father’s experience differs – and he has a troop of co-conspirators to call upon. Most boys have childhood friends like this only in imagination.

With a sharp-eyed Elf he steals through the woods, one hand upon his bow, the other gesturing, signalling, speaking without words. With a round-faced Halfling, he forages, fetches water, seasons and shares food. With a weather-beaten King, he sets fires, swaps watches, fills hour upon hour with silent comradeship.

From his careful father, he learns the vitality of fellowship.

Comments

[azalaisdep.livejournal.com]

Well, indeed, he'll never go hungry either. Now I want to see his dark-haired maiden as Fourth Age Harriet Vane...

[altariel.livejournal.com]

They can talk piffle to each other.

[azalaisdep.livejournal.com]

You'll have to find an M-E equivalent of TSE for them to quote back and forth...

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Nowhere near romantic enough. John Donne. (Mmm, that would fit nicely in M-e, I think.)

[azalaisdep.livejournal.com]

That's true - come to think of it, Wimsey mostly quotes TSE (and mostly The Waste Land) when he's dreaming or shell-shocked, not to Harriet, so TSE is more Faramir than Leof!

"O my Far Harad, o my new-found land..."?

[altariel.livejournal.com]

TSE is more Faramir

Have I ever said anything different!? ;-)

"O my Far Harad, o my new-found land..."?

Love it.

[azalaisdep.livejournal.com]

Have I ever said anything different!? ;-)

Quite the contrary. (Let me count the ways...) I'm just not very with it this evening.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Quite the contrary. (Let me count the ways...)

*grins* Have a good night's sleep, Az.