Bird-- wait'll the Snowhobbits show up. Frodo has no clue as to who you are; Retya, Tem and Tocca will want everything from Dolphin-rides to Raven-hunts (like going hawking, you understand. Bird! See the squirrel? Sic 'em!) You'll be sick of boys.
Oh, and Little Maura will ask about the pretty dragon. Gamba probably won't.
Interestng you should bring up Bilbo and Frodo, and the Shire's lack of reaction to them so far; I keep running across Sam's law of inheritance when somebody goes over the Sea-- was it in Tom Bombadil? I forget-- and I keep wondering, now that Frodo is back, will somebody try to talk Sam out of Bag End?
Dragoneyes-- Osanwe is basically mind-reading, with one person opening their mind, and the other reading or putting thoughts into the open mind. Pippin would be on the recieving end. Frodo would be sending. There's an essay about it online if you'd like to read it. Go to books, and search on Osanwe... but if you don't have time, here's a brief intro:
Of the Elves and Osanwe (from Many Partings):
"Often long after the hobbits were wrapped in sleep they would sit together under the stars, recalling the ages that were gone and all their joys and labors in the world, or holding council, concerning the days to come. If any wanderer had chanced to pass, little would he have seen or heard, and it would have seemed to him only that he saw grey figures, carved in stone, memorials of forgotten things now lost in unpeopled lands. For they did not move or speak with mouth, looking from mind to mind; and only their shining eyes stirred and kindled as their thoughts went to and fro."
Of Galadriel and Osanwe (From The Mirror Of Galadriel):
"And with that word she held them with her eyes, and in silence looked searchingly at each of them in turn. None save Legolas and Aragorn could long endure her glance. Sam quickly blushed and hung his head."
The second part is why Pipin, and Sam, are nervous about Osanwe-- Galadriel put them through a bit of a test that day. But the first quiote is why Frodo likes it; you can tell stories, share memories, and just talk.
When you see Maura and Cami reading each others thoughts (it shows up in italics then), they are doing osanwe. Also Piosenniel does it a lot-- that's how she communicates with anybody who is far away.
Does that help?
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