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[The feed comes on sideways, and gives a good view of a big black nose. Bryndis, loyal to her master, has found some way to turn on Kìli’s dropped locket. There’s a brief snuffle from the pup and she draws back to her master’s side, who is lying on the ground with his eyes closed, looking half-beaten and certainly nowhere near sober. He is apparently completely unaware of the locket being on and is slurring out words in a mixture of English and his own native tongue. There’s a nice cut down his forehead, blood trickling down into a black eye, but he’s too gone to care.]

Thatrulkhud fandùna, bunmel, ulnas... She’s gone, Bryn, she’s gone... [He curls in on himself, giving a small little whimper. His fingers curl into the dirt.] I am makarfûn. Mahal, I...this is...this is... kherkhar.

[The pup whines, sitting down beside him. Kìli reaches for her, one hand stroking her fur before pausing in her scruff and tightening there.] Zusul, Bryndis. I...I thought...I thought she was my sabrel, that I could...ihrêr.

[The direwolf pup shifts, her wagging tail hitting the locket and sending it skidding another direction as she comes closer to comfort her master.]

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[Gimli steps nimbly out of the way]

I've medicine in our rooms. My uncle trained me well, so let's get you back there. We'll go slow.

[Kili nods, leaning heavily on his cousin.] Aish... Okay.

[Gimli goes slow, as promised, but they get out of the way eventually. Gimli sets his cousin down on his bed, propped against the wall, and goes to get stuff to clean his wound and tend to his nausea.]

[Kili groans, leaning against the wall and closing his eyes. Bryndis jumps up after him, climbing into his lap and nuzzling into his leg.]

Fíli should be back soon.

[Gimli returns with hot water, a disinfecting herbal compound, and a rag as well as a bottle of his uncle's patented anti-nausea elixir made with a secret blend of herbs and Mahal knows what else that only Gimli knows, since the others who knew it are dead. He hands the bottle to Kili before starting to clean up his injuries]

Drink that.

[By the time Gimli has arrived, Bryndis is completely in his lap, his arms wrapped around her and his face pressed into her fur. Her tail is wagging, a patient look on her face as she licks him lightly.

He lifts his head briefly to look at his cousin before shaking his head and gesturing for him to go.]

Not now, iraknadad.

Edited 2014-12-11 06:11 (UTC)

[Gimli just Looks at Kili]

Yes, now. You are miserable, and you've every right to be miserable, but as your cousin it is my job to take care of you when you are heartbroken. Let me clean you up and then I will leave if you still want me to. But I need to clean that before it gets infected.

[Bryndis whines, pawing at her master's leg, and Kili sighs, giving in.]

Fine.

[It's not too bad, the cut, probably caused by a ring or some such thing. But it looks nasty and Kili feels terrible. He sits up, taking the vial from his cousin with a grimace.]

This is one of Oin's brews, isn't it? It stinks.

Can you imagine him if he saw me using someone else's recipes for medicine?

[Gimli snorts]

Of course it's one of his. Drink up, you've had this before, and then hold still so I can clean this up properly.

This is more likely to poison me than cure me. [He makes a face, pinching his nose as he swallows it down. It's disgusting, of course, and he gropes for water to chase the taste off.]

I'm fine. It's just a cut.

Made by someone I do not know. It might get infected, and your brother would murder me if I let it get to that point. So hold still or I will ask Bryndis to sit on you.

[Considering Bryndis just was sitting on him, he's not sure what a difference that would make, but Kili's too tired to fight now and he shrugs, closing the eye that still works and stilling.]

[Let him threaten.

Gimli works quietly, though soon enough he starts humming one of the songs they sang in Ered Luin, something old and familiar]

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