Bodkin · 16 May 2005 · Chapter 5: Morgoth’s Hammer
What is it with boys and battles! I love the way kids play - they spend so long organising the game . . . (You do this and then I say that and then I stab you three times and then you . . .) that there's really nothing left to do. Actually completing the game takes seconds. I'm glad to see that Eldarion has already picked up the idea that a lot of success results from surprise. It augurs well for his kingship skills some century down the line. And that Elboron has inherited his father's respect for custom and the rule of law. It should stand the future Steward in good stead.