Summary: Hawkeye reveals to Aragorn an incident from his past. PG, 100 words.
“I made my reputation as a frontiersman when I was very young,” Hawkeye related to Aragorn, as they traversed the Paths of the Dead with the Grey Company.
Behind them the silence of the tunnels was disturbed by giggles as the newly betrothed pair, Uncas and Éowyn, became better acquainted. Chingachgook beamed proudly, Legolas pointedly ignored the couple, and Gimli harrumphed disapprovingly.
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Why are "Legolas pointedly ignored the couple, and Gimli harrumphed disapprovingly" ?
Hehe, thank you for another fun reading.
I've always felt that Gimli would be uncomfortable in the presence of public displays of affection. Legolas might feel that the Paths of the Dead are not the place for such behaviour; or, perhaps, he feels aggrieved that it was not he who was chosen for the marriage of alliance (make your own mind up as to which of the couple he would have seen himself marrying).