>>6119295You frowned saying this.
-WHAT ?!? A group of people ? What do you mean ?
-Gaenthil is between a group of 8 or ten elves and they exchange wives and...
You did the sign of the cross.
-WHAT IS THIS NONSENSE !
-No, but if you want we have song about two people, but there is different love, a love that burns bright for a short time of fifty years, another one for life, another one only platonic, or with different degrees of passion and suffering.
You were still not convinced by such nonsense and Rose told you.
-It is romanticism Charles, nothing wrong with this...
-Nothing wrong with what ? Sharing you with all the household ? Are you simply listening to what he says.
She giggled, and approached towards you, kissing you on the cheek and explaining.
-Elves are silly, but it is not what is important, the sound of music creates emotions and it is what we like. Isn't it ?
You rolled your eyes but agreed, still thinking that this kind of music was improper. And that lady Rose was too lax for reading too much books, especially books about romance between brothers and sisters and with some dead people too. India was in need of a civilising presence. But whatever. Wanting to be happy you told.
-Then before you sing us a sad song that I do not want to even know the words from, Happymandiel, let your friend juggle with fishes.
You threw a coin to the short Scotsman who took it and answered.
-Do ya see fishes herre m'lord ? I think not. So how could I juggle with dem ?
You were so astonished that you preferred to not even ask for your coin back, it would have been petty. But yes, dead fishes stunk and transporting living ones overland was let us say optimistic. So you had to let the good man go. Not before hearing a love song from the minstrel. It was indeed beautiful, more melodious than even occitan tunes.
You looked at him, astonished, but the man continued, Rose was literally taking his words as music, Becky too you remarked and even Bohémond so you decided to look like you were impressed by what he said to look cultured too. It is a clever trick in this kind of situation.
-And Oamprehens, it is one of the nine verbs for "walking" or her it means "Walking firmly" but it can mean "Taking the path too" so you have this concept of firmness and determination in his decision, but at the same time you have this idea of a journey, and of the fact that he simply took his sword in hand, since he will fight with a two edged sword, not the one of myth but his own personal weapon. Oamprehens is too a reference to myth, the myth of the crowning glory of the High Elven Monarchs that had to walk to the tree of Oampre and received a scepter from it, here too he receives the scepter, or the sword walks firmly, regally, it could be interpreted as "He walked regally on the path of the two edged sword of his love" but it is forgetting an important detail.
You opened your eyes, you probably looked like a carp now but Rose answered.
-The Yorc !
