From: belthronding	Date: 08/12/2007 12:09:37

*glowers at the sling on her arm* I'd just recovered from the last bullet and why the Mandos do they need to take so many blood tests and where's Elrond?

	From: gorthol	Date: 08/12/2007 12:14:28

where's Elrond?

*sighs and sits down next to you* He's been taken into custody. Something about aiding and abetting.

*more to himself than anything* This wasn't part of the plan.

	From: belthronding	Date: 08/12/2007 12:16:00

*shifts to try to get comfortable*

*a little irritably* What plan?

	From: gorthol	Date: 08/12/2007 12:19:03

*blinks*

*remembers he never told you* The plan to get Maglor out. It wasn't supposed to get out of control.

	From: belthronding	Date: 08/12/2007 12:20:36

*raises her head*

*just looks at you* Plan? You -- you knew about this and you didn't tell me?

	From: gorthol	Date: 08/12/2007 12:23:58

*looks insulted* Not this. I just said it wasn't supposed to go like this, didn't I?

Finduilas came to me for help and I worked out a plan with Nerdanel. We couldn't risk the wrong people finding anything out, okay?

	From: belthronding	Date: 08/12/2007 12:28:36

*takes a deep breath* You -- you worked out a plan? To break out one of my -- one of Delving's prisoners -- from my precinct?

	From: gorthol	Date: 08/12/2007 12:31:52

*stands up*

*crosses his arms*

This was no ordinary prisoner. Thingol was never going to listen to reason. You and I both know that.

	From: belthronding	Date: 08/12/2007 12:42:45

*positively glares at you* How is that even relevant? It doesn't matter who he was; he was still a prisoner and now he's escaped and Haleth is injured and so are Bill, Gary and Walter!

	From: gorthol	Date: 08/12/2007 12:47:07

and Haleth is injured and so are Bill, Gary and Walter

I love how you keep ignoring the fact that it wasn't supposed to happen this way! There wasn't going to be any bloodshed! *sarcastically* But shooting first and asking questions later is a bit more my style, right?

	From: belthronding	Date: 08/12/2007 13:30:00

And I love how you keep ignoring that the method doesn't matter a damn! You still planned to break him out. You did, Túrin, and it wasn't a nameless prison with faceless guards. It was my jail with my friends and, injured or not, we will still take the rap.

	From: gorthol	Date: 08/12/2007 13:34:05

we will still take the rap

*icily* I planned for that, too. He was going to get sick and die in the hospital, as far as Dad was concerned. Thingol would never have been the wiser and none of you would have been reprimanded.

	From: belthronding	Date: 08/12/2007 13:44:26

*whispers* And I would have been none the wiser either, would I?

*struggles up and out of bed, ignoring the shooting pain in her shoulder, and starts to gather her things*

	From: gorthol	Date: 08/12/2007 13:50:42

*tonelessly* It was the best possible plan for all concerned.

*after a moment* I have stuff to do. I'll see you later.

	From: belthronding	Date: 08/12/2007 13:57:12

Fine. Be my guest. I'm -- I'm going now anyway.

*walks towards the door but is brought up short by a junior doctor who asks her to take a seat again*

Is something wrong?

	From: gorthol	Date: 08/12/2007 14:02:11

*stops short in his tracks in his (very mature) effort to beat you to the door*

*turns around to hear this* *does not look at all worried. at all. what?*

	From: belthronding	Date: 08/12/2007 14:04:25

*listens to what the doctor has to say*

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	From: gorthol	Date: 08/12/2007 14:08:41

Um. What?

	From: belthronding	Date: 08/12/2007 14:09:25

*faintly* I came in with an injured shoulder. Why do a pregnancy test?

	From: gorthol	Date: 08/12/2007 14:11:59

I thought you'd cut your hair?

	From: belthronding	Date: 08/12/2007 14:23:47

	From: gorthol	Date: 08/12/2007 14:26:00

Ah. *stiffly* Well then.

	From: belthronding	Date: 08/12/2007 14:31:10

I.

*looks at you, having totally forgotten that she's mad at you* Túrin.

	From: gorthol	Date: 08/12/2007 14:33:31

Do you mind if I call you when I've come to?

	From: belthronding	Date: 08/12/2007 14:40:33

Wh-what?

*only half-hears what the doctor is saying about ultrasounds and ante-natal check-ups and and and*

	From: gorthol	Date: 08/12/2007 14:46:25

Sorry? Oh. I said I'll call you when...stuff...breathing...imminent...thing. Dinnerthen?Okaygood.

*walks out of the room and tries not to hyperventilate*