From: ingoldo	Date: 12/06/2007 08:46:56

*is about as frazzled as you are, having spent every spare minute in recent memory (a) keeping Thingol at bay, and (b) searching for his former daughter*

*tracks you down following today's lecture, "The Health Benefits of Cease-fires"*

Why don't you get some rest? I can take Galadriel for a little while.

	From: nerwende	Date: 12/06/2007 10:37:57

Can we go to da candy store?

	From: ingoldo	Date: 12/06/2007 11:06:07

*has observed that while you don't seem overtly traumatized by whatever it is you went through, you do seem to be pretty well hopped up on sugar*

We'll have some healthy, healthy, sugarless dessert after dinner, all right? We don't want to spoil your appetite.

	From: telerinprincess	Date: 12/09/2007 19:28:00

*stifles a yawn and leans against you companionably* Thank Eru someone is talking sense.

*offers you a small smile*

	From: ingoldo	Date: 12/09/2007 20:15:23

*curls his arm around you and kisses your forehead*

I lettered in sense back in the day. Mother was so proud.

	From: nerwende	Date: 12/10/2007 20:30:10

*isn't liking the way this is going* *especially all the kissing. weird.*

*hopefully* Can we have dessert for dinner?

	From: ingoldo	Date: 12/10/2007 20:36:38

*grins* *innocently* Dessert...dessert...that's the bit with meat, right? And asparagus? And milk for strong teeth and bones?

	From: nerwende	Date: 12/10/2007 20:39:09

*quite seriously* The milk is for the cookies and the asparagus is for the dogs. They like it lots. Oromë told me so.

	From: ingoldo	Date: 12/10/2007 20:48:24

*raises an eyebrow* Oh, do they? I've heard that little girls like asparagus more if they want even one single, solitary low-fat cookie afterward. The cookies are strangely invisible otherwise.

	From: nerwende	Date: 12/10/2007 20:59:11

*looks up at you, considering*

*shakes her head* Nope. Ván-- *pauses, remembering the promise of "cookies and candy and coke forever and ever" if she never mentions where she was the past few weeks* --Vanyar give their kids lots of cookies and no asparagus at all.

	From: ingoldo	Date: 12/10/2007 21:05:45

*looks eminently interested* Really? I didn't know. My mommy's a Vanya, though. Maybe we should ask her how that works, exactly.

	From: nerwende	Date: 12/10/2007 21:07:39

*nods firmly* I bet she'd be real interested to know about it. She prob'bly wants me to have lots of cookies. Let's go now. Right now.

	From: ingoldo	Date: 12/10/2007 21:10:19

*frowns and shakes his head* Oh, that won't do, I'm afraid. She's a very busy woman. We'll have to make an appointment. Let's say... *glances at his watch* ...Friday?

And we'd better bravely attack a side of asparagus tonight. You know, just to be safe.

	From: nerwende	Date: 12/10/2007 21:19:02

*squints her eyes at you in a detectivey sort of way*

You're trying to trick me. *points a finger at you* I'm on to you buddy. You think you're clever, but you're not. *squints even more adorably menacingly* I see riiiiiight through you.

	From: ingoldo	Date: 12/10/2007 21:24:27

*will. not. laugh.*

*holds up his hands* Them's just the facts, ma'am. Don't shoot the messenger. My mama didn't raise no crooks. Except maybe just the one.

	From: nerwende	Date: 12/10/2007 21:26:41

*stares at you solemnly for a few moments*

Fine. You win this round. But this is not over. I'll be watching. And waiting. And when you least expect it. Cookies.

	From: ingoldo	Date: 12/10/2007 21:33:28

*gives a small, respectful nod to show you he's aware who he's up against*

*totally wins at negotiations*