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

[heirwithouthope]

[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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[heirwithouthope]

For what reason?

It cannot be that all these worlds are looking to outsiders to fight in their war. That is pure madness.

[implying]

Ah, no, no -- I understand that this precise situation is unique. Some of the worlds only want to place you in an asylum for the insane, as it were.