<b>It was a lot to take in and, as Thorgan and Balazor left together, the cousins gave each other a look . Pegawen broke the silence first. “I don't understand why. Gandalf would have never hidden such knowledge away from us, certainly not that could be used to help others.”</b><br/><br/>“<b>Oh, Gandalf had his secrets, even from the elves,” Allassiel responded, wandering towards a shelf of books to stare at them. “The Maiar didn't tell everything they knew, not even to us. I doubt the Valar would have allowed it.”</b><br/><br/>“<b>Perhaps,” Pegawen granted, though her brow furrowed. “I would not want such resting on my shoulders.” She followed Allassiel to the shelf, pausing as she passed Lotharn to give him a smile and a brief kiss. Once she got to the shelf, her expression only grew more baffled. “I do not recognize some of these marks. Another language?”</b><br/><br/>“<b>No doubt it is. Perhaps from those creatures that we were told about, the ones that disappeared long ago? Like their weapons, their speech would also be unknown and ...” <br/>
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Allassiel's words were cut off as a servant came into the room, carrying a leather book. It didn't appear out of the ordinary, but the man handled it with great care as he handed it to Pegawen. “M'lord commands you should have this.” He bowed and stood quietly, as if waiting for further command. <br/>
</b><br/>“<b>Hannon le,” she murmured, before opening the book and scanning the first page. “I will make sure that I take good care of this. Please tell Balazor I have received it.”</b><br/><br/><b>The man bowed his way out of the room, as Pegawen turned and joined Lotharn. “It seems this one is in Quenya, or at least a variation of it.” She pointed out the high elven script to him. “I've not read such in a long time, it will take me a little while to translate some of it, but it appears to be a book of plants and cures.”</b><br/><br/>“<b>That'll be a boon to us,” Allassiel nodded, though her gazed had moved to the door Thorgan had left through with Balazor. Where was he? She wondered what he had to speak about with the wizard that he couldn't have said in front of everyone.</b>