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Characters: Legolas (

bow_of_the_galadhrim) and OPEN
Setting: Forest floor, slightly backdated to after the droning plot
Format: prose to start, will match you
Summary: Legolas is pissed and lacking confidence in himself now.
Warnings: Nothing but I'll update if anything comes up.

The elf drew back an arrow, pulling the string taut and releasing in quick succession. Each arrow struck the farthest tree from him with inhuman accuracy, each one close enough to another that it was hard to differentiate them from the distance. And he didn't stop, not until his quiver was empty. And then he dropped his bow where he stood and when to recover the arrows, returned and did the same all over again.

If anyone didn't know better, it would seem almost like he was in a trance. He didn't make a single sound as he worked. He didn't need the practice with his bow but he didn't want to not practice. And each arrow he shot, he was visualizing the various administrators. He'd never killed a sentient being before and never considered it but now he was completely without remorse for his own thoughts. Orcs he didn't consider sentient because they lived solely to obey Sauron or Morgoth, they were stupid and confused without them.

He was not their toy. He would not let them make him feel so weak or worthless again. He was the prince of the Woodland Realm, friend to Gimli, one of the Nine Walkers who had chosen to free the world of Sauron.Just thinking of having been Jason's plaything, of being subservient to any of them, a pang of white hot rage flowed through him and he grabbed three arrows, drawing them back together and firing. Watching as they struck the tree together, each one above the other.

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Moving to sit down in the grass, he carefully guided Taiki to sit with him and still holding on. It comforted him to know that there was still some kindness in him, in anyone, after what had happened. And it made him glad to have a friend that held so tightly to that.

"Nobody should have but I'm strong enough that I can recover. And I've good friends to keep me from despair."

Taiki sat down, automatically curling up at Legolas' side, the walk through the woods had tired him out, the events of the last weeks had taken their toll in bloodsickness from him.

"I'm glad... it's good that you have friends..." He held out his basket of mushrooms, "Do you want some?"

Legolas wrapped his arm around Taiki, pulling his cloak to wrap around the Kirin's shoulders. He'd done his fair share of spilling blood since he came back as a drone, the memory making his stomach flip uncomfortably.

"I do, the best of them. And that includes you, of course." He smiled, reaching out to pluck a mushroom from the basket. He took as small a mushroom as he could find, making sure there wouldn't be much missed.

"Thank you, Taiki."

Taiki smiled and continued holding out the basket. "I picked them for you Legolas... I was going to give them to Haldir to share with you but I found you first."

Then a thought occurred to him, "Um... I mean if elves like mushrooms... I should have asked that first... sorry."

"That's very generous of you! We do like them but not so much as Hobbits." Goodness, he wondered how Sam and Frodo might react to seeing so many mushrooms? It might perk Frodo up some, actually. A thought for later, he could suggest to Sam that he find some. If anyone could see to Frodo's health and that he ate more, it would be Sam.

"I would be remiss if I didn't make sure you enjoyed them as well. I wonder if Haldir would like it for the three of us to make and share a meal, with your well-picked mushrooms?"

Taiki blinked because he had never met Frodo and wasn't sure what a Hobbit was. But he was glad that elves did like mushrooms. His eyes lit up at the suggestion.

"Do you think he will want to?"

"I'm sure that he will. He's very fond of you, as I am. And we'd never turn down the chance to share a meal with a friend, especially when we all so desperately need a reason to enjoy ourselves."

Gently brushing a hand through Taiki's hair, watching how he lit up at the suggestion. It lightened his heart, for how heavy it had felt since he'd returned to his senses.

"We should go and ask him then!" Taiki sat up still smiling, "Um... if you want to..."

"Of course, I do. Lead the way, little one." Legolas said, sitting up himself and slipping off his cloak to tie it around Taiki.

He stumbled a little under the weight of the extra cloak but grinned happily before skipping to the staircase.

And tripping up over the hem dramatically.

Catching him before he fell down a flight of stairs, Legolas quickly tied up the cloak a bit high so he wouldn't trip over it. The last thing he wanted was for Taiki to get hurt. Especially when they were going to do something fun.

"Sorry..." Taiki blinked at him, "Thank you Legolas," and he smiled before leading the way much slower.

"No need to apologize. I should have realized it would be too long for you." He laughs lightly and follows, keeping an eye on him in case the cloak comes loose and he trips again.

He's being more careful as he climbs the stairs. "Do... sorry... do you think Haldir will be in our room?"

"He might be. If not, I'm sure that we can find him on one of the nature floors. Or I can call out to him and ask him to come and meet us somewhere." Hm, that wasn't something they had mentioned to Taiki, was it? They're ability to communicate over distances.

"Call out to him?" No this wasn't something they had ever explained, and Taiki looked confused.

"Haldir and I are very close. And our kind can speak across great distances when we form such a connection to another." He explained, smiling a bit. It was thanks to that connection that he'd gotten help when he returned from the elevator.

"So... you can talk in your minds?" Taiki looked at him in amazement.

"We can, yes. It's really very useful an ability." He grinned, recalling the uses he'd made of that bond they shared since he and Haldir had been here together.

"It is a rare skill among my kin."

Taiki smiled, "So not all elves can do it?"

It did sound useful, Taiki was always able to find Lord Gyousou, as long as he was relatively close, because of the bond they shared, all he had to do was follow the Ouki. But to talk in their minds...

"That's right. I never even thought that I'd be capable of it."

Legolas would gladly trade being able to communicate with Haldir mentally for being able to find him with ease. It would comfort him to be able to do that but this worked equally as well.

He smiled, "Well I'm glad... it must be nice..."

That way they could help each other easily.

"It's useful."

It had it's inconveniences too. Like passing along the emotional of physical state of one elf to the other, worrying his beloved unnecessarily.

"Is... sorry is he answering?"

Such things always had their inconveniences, but they were worth it in Taiki's opinion.

"I haven't called to him, I thought we'd look for him in this usual spots before resorting to that. I fear that I may worry him since the last time I did so was when I was hurt."

His hand moves to rub his arm lightly.