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Farael was captivated by the sound of the voice of the elf. If her beauty was striking her soft, melodious voice was too captivating to resist. He noticed she had said something about some gardens and he was ready to reply that he was not a big fan of gardens but he had seen some very nice plants growing around when many things happened at once.
First, the elf seemed to notice he was not really concentrating on the conversation they were having and she pulled her hood forward, trying to joke around- Farael thought afterwards- which only made things all the more embarassing for him.
Then he tried to stand up and bow to this, the most beautiful of elves and explain to her it was her voice and not her face which had cast a spell on him. At the same time he felt something tugging at his boot which almost made him loose balance. He sat down again heavily to find a small animal - was it a ferret? - who had bitten his boot and was now shaking its head as if trying to tear some for himself. Holding the ferret now was the lady he had seen walk into the Inn just a few minutes before and this all was just too much for the young man from Gondor.
His first reaction was to yell out in frustration but being two ladies present he managed to let out a chuckle instead. It was a minute before he could compose himself and stand up as he had meant to. The lady had already apologised to him and introduced his animal as 'Pip' and when Farael turned to look at Teluyaviel she still had her hood on and he could not see her eyes. The little animal was now on the lady's hands so Farael bowed politely and smiled at the elf and the woman.
"I beg you forgive me, for this has been all very unexpected. First of all, m'lady, pip and Teluyaviel, I should introduce myself. My name is Farael son of Hadar from Gondor. I beg you forgive me but you two, or should I say three?" Farael looked at Pip "have caught me off guard. I would appreciate it m'lady elf if you let me see you while we are talking. I'm afraid it's your voice which surprised me the most and not your eyes, although I must say they are beautiful. As for miss Penn and lil' Pip, do not worry about my boots, they are old and worn, a little bite won't do much damage to them. I think we still have one last chair so feel free to join us if you'd like."
Having all this off his chest, Farael told Penn about what Teluyaviel had asked him and went on to answer that even though he had seen some very pretty gardens, it was the buildings which he liked the most. He admitted that he liked more the things made by skill than the ones that could grow by themselves.
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