*trudges over to the door, half-dressed and disheveled*
*unlocks it and opens it* *is absurdly relieved to see you* *equally coolly* If you don't mind, I appear to be in the middle of some sort of breakdown. I'm terribly sorry if it inconveniences you.
*feels something crumple a little inside her* Oh, Turco.
*restrains herself from touching you* *puts her hands on her hips and addresses you in as stern a tone of voice as possible* You look terrible. Get into that shower right now and I'll talk to your staff who, by the way, are being particularly rude and recalcitrant today, about sorting out breakfast.
*tiredly* Of course they are. They've been catering to more than one son of Fëanáro for days but they're no less lazy than ever. *because it couldn't be him, oh no*
*manages a small smile* You will try to mother me to death, won't you, my love? *goes in to take a shower nevertheless*
*sits* *pushes his food around on his plate with his fork*
*glances at you* So. What possessed you to fly all the way out here for a visit at this precise moment in time, darling? *realizing something a bit belatedly* It's rather spur-of-the-moment for you, wouldn't you say? *tWitCh*
*looks at you* Since when have I been anything other than spur-of-the-moment, my love?
*shakes her hair back over her shoulders* Who know? Perhaps I sensed that you were vexed and I do so hate it when you're vexed. Or perhaps I just wanted to get away from Hísilómë for a while.
*lays his napkin on the table and pushes his chair back, having not eaten a single bite* When I said "for you", what I actually meant was "for me".
Don't mistake me—you're still a sight for sore eyes. But I wasn't lying when I said I was unprepared indisposed. *stiffly* If you, of all people, are to take stock of my ills, I think I really shall go mad.
*shakes her head, a little sadly* You know that I love you, best of all, don't you? You know that you are perfectly flawless even if you are the most stubborn, the most correct, and the most underfed of all my cousins. You are not hungry?
*his eyes flickering toward you and away again* Loving you is taxing. Loving is. How could it not be?
*in a frayed sort of voice* I would assume so, &Irissë. Moryo at least takes up with the most ghastly—and Curvo? Curvo has gone to Menegroth and I feel quite certain he's managed to do something utterly ridiculous but really, how should I know? I haven't seen him in ages, either.
I'm not fretting. What have I to fret over? It feels as though there are a thousand tiny things but when I lock myself in with my thoughts I cannot name a single one. Not one.
*braces his elbows on the table and holds his head in his hands* It is not my will that you should see me this way. A thousand things. *looks up at you angrily* Do you not have a child to tend to? Something??
Yes, I want you to never leave. Is it just now dawning on you? *brutally* And while I have no doubt that your brother is a superior parent, I daresay the little half-breed brat will pule like an animal if he discovers his precious mother absent for longer than five minutes. Even Findekáno does not deserve such a racket.
*looks at you as though you are the most despicable thing she's ever seen mostly because she can't believe you said all of that to her*
*stands up and smoothes down her dress*
*calmly* Good day, Tyelcormo. Enjoy your thoughts. *turns and walks from the kitchen, holding herself perfectly straight, determined to show no weakness until she gets to the private jet*