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rabidsamfan"I could see if there's a screen somewhere," Bergil offered, and then surprised himself by yawning.
"No, no," Merry said, saying something else private to Pippin with his eyes. "You help Pip and I'll go keep the cooks busy."
"You just want to see what they've brought to eat," Pippin accepted the change in plans cheerfully.
"Of course I do." Merry grinned. He went to put on his trousers and overtunic while Bergil and Pippin started to transfer water from the copper to the tub. He stopped back just as Pippin decided that there was enough and looked over the preparations judiciously. "That's hopeful. Don't leave the floor awash this time, unless you've time to mop," he warned Pippin, and then he took Bergil aside while the younger hobbit began to strip off.
"Remember, you're to stay with Sam and Frodo, unless they send you on an errand," he said so soberly that Bergil wondered if he'd been able to read the letter the King had written after all. It felt funny to have to bend his head down to someone who was giving him instructions in that tone, and Bergil remembered all over again that the hobbits were a lot older than they seemed. Merry was a lot more grownupish than Pippin, at least just at the moment, and Bergil nodded and tried to look just as solemn.
"Yes, Sir Meriadoc," he said, hoping to match the hobbit's mood, and it was the right thing to say because Merry smiled and patted his shoulder.
"You can make sure Pippin washes his hair while you're here," he said, a lot more loudly, aiming the words at his cousin.
"I thought you didn't want the floor awash," Pippin retorted, but Merry just laughed and went on out.
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So it didn't go the way I thought it would.
Too many phone calls, and distractions, but I think I got all the categories voted for in the GMAs now...
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Date: 2005-01-21 05:15 am (UTC)I must be more tired than I thought. Don't know what you mean. But then, it's a little difficult to read piece-meal. I'm looking forward to when you post it all to someplace (please?) like Stories of Arda, where I can read it all through in order and go back and re-read at my leisure (yes, LJ still gives me fits sometimes).
Anyhow, am delighted! I love Bergil's observations of Merry. And Merry telling Pippin something private with his eyes.
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Date: 2005-01-21 05:37 am (UTC)And you got all the categories voted? My oh my.
*is very impressed*
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Date: 2005-01-21 05:46 am (UTC)*goes back to trying to get nosebleed to stop so she can go to sleep*
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Date: 2005-01-21 06:19 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-01-21 10:10 am (UTC)Bergil may not know *what* Merry is saying with those eyes, but he is clearly no slouch at picking up the undertext. It's clear the two hobbits are keeping an eye on the lad, as much as the lad is keeping an eye on them.
Merry was a lot more grownupish than Pippin, indeed. I think the interaction between the hobbits and their Man friends must have often been through some rather sharp moments of reminders on both parts that they sometimes were making wrong assumptions. It really must have been strange to the boy to be reminded that these people, so much smaller than he, were also so much older.
I did my voting right after the nominations came out, but then I only voted in the Gen categories...
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