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[gentle_este]

*Puts on a deer-stalker hat, lights a pipe and heads out to investigate the Strange and Mysterious Pummeling of Gwindor.*

*Has left the afore-mentioned Pummled Gwindor in the capable hands of her handmaidens in Lorien.*

Probably having the time of his life...

*Knocks on Fingolfin's door.*

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[_fingolfin]

*looks up as you're shown in*

Ah, Estë. Hello. How nice that some of you know how to make a polite entrance.

[gentle_este]

*Brushes off the veiled-insult and nods politely.*

Mind if I come in? Need to have a wee chat with you about something.

[_fingolfin]

Bit late to bother asking, eh? Of course. Have a seat. Drink?

[gentle_este]

No thank you, I'm on business, well, oh maybe, since you're offering, I'll have a small brandy. Thankyou. :)

[_fingolfin]

*pours you one and a glass of water for himself*

Now then. What can I do for you?

[gentle_este]

*ahem* Could you tell me where you were on the night of the 29th of August or whatever it's called in the Tolkien calendar because my mun's too lazy to look it up?

[_fingolfin]

Hmm. I could probably tell you...if I could even remember where I was yesterday. *smirk*

Something tells me you're going to refresh my memory, though. ¬_¬

[gentle_este]

You didn't happen to see Gwindor at all?

[_fingolfin]

Ohhhh, yes. It's coming to me now. I did see him...though I hardly recognized him after a while. 'At first', I mean. I hardly recognized him at first. >:D

[gentle_este]

*sighs* Fingolfin, this doesn't help. If you had any sense you'd deny it outright, or at least plead diminished responsibility. :(

It was your baby he "rescued" wasn't it? I know there's probably more to it than his side of the story, I've seen creatures lying on their backs at the bottom of ponds with more social skills and perception than Gwindor.

[_fingolfin]

HE FUCKING KIDNAPPED MY SON. What would you have done? Forget it, you have nothing to compare this to. You have no idea what it was like.

[gentle_este]

You could have come to an Ainur one of the sane ones, hell, even Irmo is competent in these sorts of situations. Yes, it's worrying, yes you're upset, yes you have extenuating circumstances but so does he. In case you hadn't noticed, Gwindor is not sparklingly normal. What strikes you as bizarre might make perfect sense in his mixed-up little head.

Dammit, Fingolfin, you could have killed him! I take it your son is unharmed?

[_fingolfin]

I think the phrase you're looking for here is 'complete crackpot'. All the more reason to quickly remove my son from harm's way. Besides, I didn't kill the fucker, did I?

I take it your son is unharmed?

Outwardly. So it appears, anyway. *glowers*

[gentle_este]

I didn't kill the fucker, did I?

Was that by design or by accident? Besides, there's a world of difference between "removing your son from harm's way" and "removing your son and throwing in a potentially fatal beating while you're at it." That wasn't reasonable force.

Outwardly. So it appears, anyway.

Hmmm. *glowers right back.*

[_fingolfin]

Does it really matter? Isn't the end result what's important?

That wasn't reasonable force

Of course it wasn't reasonable. And you'd be hard-pressed to find a father who wouldn't have done the same irrational thing in my place.

[gentle_este]

Isn't the end result what's important?

No. I'm not a consequentialist.

Maybe you're right that any father would have done the same. It might be understandable but that still doesn't make it right.

You know I can't let this slide, your brother was exiled for less. But...I may be able to arrange something less drastic because I accept that there were extenuating circumstances and other factors to consider.