Would you have been suspicious?

[Gandalf_theGrey]

Bethberry:

The examples in your posts illustrate the sense of rightness inherent in respect for morality for its own sake, as well as respect for legitimate authority, in an excellent manner.

As for Child of the 7th Age's questioning why there had been no White Council meetings called for over sixty years despite warning signals such as the relighting of Mount Doom ... personally, I was in no hurry to call a Council meeting where my ideas would likely be voted down and my hands tied. Better to go silently forward taking action, than by speaking of action, be unable to take it.

Gandalf the Grey