I have to say I kind of sympathized with Elrond during that exchange. Thranduil would be really tough to be in a meeting with. I hate meetings anyway and am told I'm too blunt during them, so maybe I should sympathize more with Thranduil, but he is being a pain.
Author Reply: I am completely with you on that. Meetings are horrible and they are worse when I am there. When I was full-time faculty they used to put the memo about meetings in my box the same day as the meeting in hopes I would miss it. I may have been a little overbearing. And so was Thranduil. Just a little too prickly in the first meeting. It will take him a little time to see that all the preconceived notions he has may not be entirely true. |
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