Tol-in-Gaurhoth LXIII: The Cottage of Lost Play

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Originally Posted by Boromir88

Agreed. And even if your purpose be not to entertain the other guests, I assure you, you do. Though I must ask, is it not possible to do both? That is entertain and find those who had cursed-steak?

"Why thank you, sir," I say, somehow managing to convey - while seated eating half a peanut butter sandwich - the illusion of a deep curtsy.

I ponder Boromir88's thoughts. The trouble, I realize, is that I'm not a team player and never have been. I sit off to the side and watch, and once I think I know something, I point. There, there, there, and there, I'll point. They've been inconsistent, or they've admitted, or they've been sneakin'.

I rarely make a spectacle of my critical thought, because I find that people change their actions based on their understanding of perceptions.

So I make a target of myself, and I watch.

I always watch.

"I can try to help more," I say finally, hesitant, "but it will put me at a distinct disadvantage, since I really don't know how to be helpful to anybody but myself, because I don't know what others need to see in order to make judgment calls, whereas I know perfectly well what my best methods of learning are."