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[002] [video | during the black-out event]

[From the look of things when the feed switches on, a slow nineties R&B music video is about to begin, judging by the dark room, the candles on every available surface, and the rugged man sitting on the edge of a well-crafted wooden bed--okay never mind, that's Thorin. And he looks bamboozled about something.]

The dark does not trouble me. There is convenience to be had in the non-burning lights built into these towers, but they are not necessary. Clearly we have other means. [As he turns to gesture at the candles, the light catches on the soot and gray mixed into his hair, before he looks back.]

...But what I do not understand is the sudden stench of this place. Someone explain to me why darkness would cause a place to smell of flowers. [A not-so-hidden sneer of disgust.] I would like to know.

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I mean I'm no child. An' I know what you are. Y'said so. I know about other races. We've giants above the Wall... and other things.

[Way more fun than Westeros.]

What manner of other things?

[Ah, but you have the mythical and elusive Ned Stark's bastard. More precious than a curly-haired unicorn.]

Dead things, magical things.

There is death, in every world. I imagine that is the one thing that we can call common among us.

And I bet your dead stay dead.

I have known one to return when he should not have.

Imagine a whole army o' dead, nothing but ice and death. An' when they kill, y'become one o' them.

And how do you kill them?

We burn our dead.

Burning your dead stops this army you speak of?

Unless they slaughtered whole villages.

[He goes quiet for a moment, though he seems to be working on something behind his eyes.]

Have you ever wondered at the ones they bring to this city? The ones they claim they wish to serve them in this war?

I think their cause here is a good one. I can understand bein' exiled and wantin' to overtake somethin'. But I'd never steal people who didn't want it.

So I think they want t'be heroes, but I wouldn't trust'em.

This is not what concerns me--though your argument is fair.

They call upon dwarves, elves, your free people...but I have also seen orcs here, and many dragons. These cannot be controlled by simple Men. Not in my world, or any other. They may doom us all in their attempt.

Would you fear this army if they brought them here, as well?

Yes. [Deadpanned.]

I think the Initiative don't care who they bring, just that they keep bringin'em.

[In a deadpan of his own:] They are fools.

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Y'just figurin' that out now? An' here I took ya for a smart king. [Teasing.]

It occurred to me before; I do not think it unwise to repeat it.

Nothin's changed with'em.

Even a wise king observes more over time than he does on first glance.

And this place has changed none.

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