On being dragged out of headspace

[bemerry]

My dear mun, while I appreciate the new tobacco– [ Merry raises his pipe in salute ] you might want to think about what it means to be sharing me out in the open.

I can seem rather different than I am in the movies, you know. Older, for one, and more calm.

[ Some thoughtful puffs of smoke ] I don't ask for much, but I don't know if we are quite ready to take this step, to be truthful. But I will stand with you, as I do with Frodo, if this is what you chose to make of it.

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Take your time <3 No rush.

[bemerry]

[ It's hard to not start laughing, but Meriadoc masters himself enough to offer the elf water.

Merry isn't one to give up so quickly.

Watching Haldir inhale as though he did this all his life, though... that was a face for the ages. He smothers another chuckle as he starts it again. ]

Come now, small puffs. Don't try to swallow the smoke so soon.

[ Merry holds the pipe back out, illustrating the soft breaths that a beginner ought to start with.

He wasn't kidding when he said it was an art. Perhaps Haldir should have been paying more attention. ]

<3 so kind and patient

[marchwarden]

[ Haldir shot the hobbit a look of "thanks" before drowning the water with a single gulp. It seems that pipe smoking is harder than what it seems, especially for someone like him. Finally regaining his barrings again after a few more haggard coughs, Haldir tries again this time under Merry's guidance.

Unlike last time, Haldir didn't try to gulp down the smoke. Instead, he followed Merry's instructions and took small puffs. The march warden continued like this for awhile before finding the confidence to take a longer pull.

This time, he didn't choke. ]

Hmph. I still don't see what's so grand about this, but it is...oddly relaxing.

Oh hush. You are far nicer <3

[bemerry]

[ See? It isn't impossible. ]

It's good for contemplatin', and just trying to wind down your day. Different pipeweed gives a different feeling.

[ He is so proud of Haldir! He's starting to smoke like a hobbit. A very young hobbit, mind you, but still a hobbit ]

Now try this, inhale slow, and swallow it down a bit until it fills out in your lungs, then breathe it out, soft-like and quick.

[ Merry blows out a simple smoke ring. A rather fine one, at that. ]

Hah! I beat Gimli with that one. Much more smooth about the edges.