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Jay's Drabblets II  by Jay of Lasgalen

Elena Tiriel requested a birthday drabble about 'Geeks being Geeks — whether you call them sages, scribes, lore-masters, healers, herb-masters, masters of tongues, jewel-smiths, Valar, or just The Wise.

Anything about what they (alone) see as important, or how they see others, or how others see them.... '

This jumped into my mind immediately.  With apologies to Elrohir, but somehow I see him as being far more geeky than his brother! 


The Love Of Learning

“No, but you see, El – this is important,” Elrohir explained passionately, waving a scroll under his brother’s nose. “The Amorata is one of the most beautiful love poems ever written, but there is so much debate over it! We know nothing of the poet, nor the woman he wrote about. Who was she? Was she real … perhaps his wife or some unattainable love; or a figment of his imagination? If I can read it in the original Haradric, perhaps there will be some clue!”

Elladan listened to all this in silence. “But El,” he asked at last. “Who cares?”







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