The others fell silent as well, not sure what just happened. Anyway, Ornessar knew who The Forngarmo truly was but as he promised he was keeping it to himself. The woman stayed silent and still focused on the flames, dancing in the campfire. She got lost deep in her thoughts, not paying attention to their conversation any longer.
Finally Suoma decided to speak, while looking at her. "Although I don't want to be rude with such high folk as yourselves, I just think we're getting friends here" - The hobbit said towards the masked woman hoping to shake her off from her thoughts. Katrandil looked at her from under her hood, then turned back to the fire. "I am not anyone important. Just a traveller." - She said with a hard tone, but masking that she got annoyed so easily. "Well fine enough, I don't want to be rude miss so I'll leave it on that. I do am grateful that I got to be in this journey in the first place!" - Suoma said, changing subject as she was not sure if the woman got angry on her or not. Galad kept looking at the fire in silence for a while. "Excuse me for a moment.." - she finally said then moved away from them. She needed a bit of space for herself to change her mood. She stood on the edge and looked towards the fields.
The hobbit got nervous, she didn't wanted to insult the woman nor to make her angry. "Did I say something?" - She asked the elf nervously then turned her attention towards Galad. Ornessar shook his head and then Suoma sighed in relief. " I really do like her. Although she won't talk much, but she is nice to me" - She then said and looked back at Katrandil. The woman was not paying attention to them. "She is a nice person." - He answered while looking at Suoma. The hobbit was still thinking if she said anything wrong that might insult "the queen". " But you know, it might be that queen thing, she is not customed for ordinary people to speak with her and all that. Hope I'm not being rude in that sense" - She finally said towards Ornessar, hoping that he will help her understand everything better. "It is just a trait of her to be more of a listener." - He answered then glanced again towards Katrandil who seemed to be in her own world at the moment.
Then he turned his attention back to Suoma as she asked him if he came from Rivendell. Ornessar nodded then they started to talk about Baggins', at least about the two of them. They were talking about the story of Bilbo and then something about Frodo's visit in Rivendell when his uncle was mentioned. After a hour passed, Katrandil moved back to the group, deciding to have a rest while there was still time. And the remaining hours of the night passed as they slept.
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The Shadow Walkers: Fornost - The Night of Thoughts
Submitted by Forngarmo on August 21st, 2016

