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[desaturates]

A meeting, then? Meetings come as they are made, and they are only ever known once ways have parted. They are meetings meant by man, and meetings meant by myth. Meetings of duty, and meetings of mind, and meetings of the heart.

Some tell there are even meetings from which all parties might take their pleasure, though on this matter, I say the elves and dwarves who have crossed paths should each hold their own counsel.

Well met, friend. No doubt we have a long way to our travel.

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[sonof_thrain]

Gandalf.

[desaturates]

Friend to Thorin, son of Thráin. That is the name-bearer.

And I am he.

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[magic101]

Oh! Professor Gammel! I was starting to think that...

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[magic101]

Um...

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[magic101]

Oh... s-sorry, sir.

[unexpected_adventures]

Gandalf? Oh. I wasn't expecting to see you here.

[desaturates]

It is where the road took, Bilbo Baggins.

[anheirofdurin]

Mister Gandalf! How goes your travels, then?

[desaturates]

At its own time, as do all journeys that want to end well.

[therangerking]

What of Men, then? Shall we hold our own counsel, or is it your duty to serve as our counsel, Mithrandir?

[ He's teasing, okay. ]

[desaturates]

I have duties, Aragorn. Then, I have pleasures.

[hourglass_vision]

Some meetings still are for the first time all over again, making the travels seem so much longer and shorter at once.

[desaturates]

Often, those are the meetings that offend the nose.

[inafadingcrown]

And what of meetings between old friends? [The corners of her mouth twitch upwards into a smile.]

[desaturates]

They are fortunate, where age brings wisdom of the world, and wisdom of each other.

[misshungaria]

Surely the meeting of friends would be more delightful than any other kind.

[desaturates]

There are times, Mistress Mouse, when friendships last because meetings are as short as they are rare.

[iorhael]

It is said; Ask not the Elves for counsel, for they are most likely to say both yes and no in the same breath.

I suspect they might have had Wizards in mind as well.

[desaturates]

It is true, as you have learned, Frodo Baggins. It is a gift of the Elves to speak yes, and speak no, and mean both.

And it is a skill of the Wizard to speak nothing at all.

[darklordofrings]

And what of meetings between mortal enemies, Olórin?

[desaturates]

It is only one, red work and all-changing.

[burdellen]

Oh, you sound a bit like Scarecrow but you don't seem like anyone from the Faery Realm.

[desaturates]

What, then, is missing?

[prissy_elf]

Mae Govannen, Mithrandir.

[desaturates]

Ai na vedui, Haldir of the wardenship. It seems without you, I am like to lose my path.

[elvenking]

[Thranduil bows his head to the wizard, and raises it with something of a smile.]

I might hope, Mithrandir, that your journey takes you to my halls as I wished.

[desaturates]

All paths lead to the first of Ilúvatar's children.

[updownunderhill]

And often for the best are meetings yet unlooked-for! Hey dol, merry dol, Master Gandalf. Long years it's been since you crossed old Tom's path; where be you a-coming from, and where be you a-going, with your fine new writer friend?

[desaturates]

Where steps go without count, leaves without turning, Men without death, and friend Tom without a care that he's to receive two houseguests.

So your riddling tells me.

Late to the party. :(

[mistergandalf]

[ Oh goodness, it's mister Gandalf! And he has nothing to drink. Dori'll have to fix that, now won't he? ]

Mister Gandalf... would you care for something to drink? Something refreshing, perhaps, or a modest cup of home-brewed honey mead?

never : )

[desaturates]

Modest? If anything is modest about you and your brothers, it's born only of the stubbornness to keep in proportion.