"What is a kenku? That is to say, you are, obviously, but are you a
bird-like race, or... ?" Sometimes, the Noldo in her is very obvious.
She drops a small curtsy. "Thank you for saying so - I am considered quite
plain, for one of my folk!" And well she knows it - her hands are calloused
and strong, her shoulders broad, her skin freckled. Not at all a classical
Noldor beauty. "And I fear I am no royal, excepting by marriage. I do not
know the house of Lorelai - I am Nerdanel Mahtaniel, of the House of
Feanaro." She supposes she has forgiven him enough to name herself of that
house again - he is working so hard at trying to patch things up, it seems
churlish not to, when she herself, hypocrite that she is, never broke the
marriage bond.
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She tips her head curiously.
"What is a kenku? That is to say, you are, obviously, but are you a bird-like race, or... ?" Sometimes, the Noldo in her is very obvious.
She drops a small curtsy. "Thank you for saying so - I am considered quite plain, for one of my folk!" And well she knows it - her hands are calloused and strong, her shoulders broad, her skin freckled. Not at all a classical Noldor beauty. "And I fear I am no royal, excepting by marriage. I do not know the house of Lorelai - I am Nerdanel Mahtaniel, of the House of Feanaro." She supposes she has forgiven him enough to name herself of that house again - he is working so hard at trying to patch things up, it seems churlish not to, when she herself, hypocrite that she is, never broke the marriage bond.