"Is that what happened? I could see an attack, but the details escaped me."
Bor or Ulfang, he wonders, before reminding himself that it doesn't matter. Is it strange that, even now, he feels the need to take stock of assets in a war they have lost so utterly?
"You are not responsible for everything that goes wrong in the world!" It's a lesson Maedhros will take until the end of days to learn, Fingon suspects, but in the meantime he'll keep trying to make a bit of it sink in.
"I do not even mean the obvious- the balrogs and their master. If I had thought the plans you presented a disaster in the making, I would have said so. I did not, and nor did the captains and counselors I consulted on the matter. Or did you think I nodded and agreed to everything you suggested without any thought in the matter?"
There are people, he knows, who think that Maedhros ruled through him, that he is inclined to give the nod to everything that the lord of Himring says. At home, few dare to suggest it to his face, and the small group who hint at it can be pointedly dealt with.
Unfortunately, Maedhros' conviction that he is the prime enabler of all the world's ills cannot be settled by a demotion to a year of latrine duty. And there is also the small matter of the very real crimes he is offering up for judgment.
"Maedhros. No- Nelyafinwe Maitimo Feanarion. Put aside that our new-" he has to pause, stumbling for a word- "hosts may disapprove of another's justice. What exactly can I condemn you to that is the equal of what you have done? And how could I, were there a clear action to take, knowing that you have been the joy of my life?"
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Bor or Ulfang, he wonders, before reminding himself that it doesn't matter. Is it strange that, even now, he feels the need to take stock of assets in a war they have lost so utterly?
"You are not responsible for everything that goes wrong in the world!" It's a lesson Maedhros will take until the end of days to learn, Fingon suspects, but in the meantime he'll keep trying to make a bit of it sink in.
"I do not even mean the obvious- the balrogs and their master. If I had thought the plans you presented a disaster in the making, I would have said so. I did not, and nor did the captains and counselors I consulted on the matter. Or did you think I nodded and agreed to everything you suggested without any thought in the matter?"
There are people, he knows, who think that Maedhros ruled through him, that he is inclined to give the nod to everything that the lord of Himring says. At home, few dare to suggest it to his face, and the small group who hint at it can be pointedly dealt with.
Unfortunately, Maedhros' conviction that he is the prime enabler of all the world's ills cannot be settled by a demotion to a year of latrine duty. And there is also the small matter of the very real crimes he is offering up for judgment.
"Maedhros. No- Nelyafinwe Maitimo Feanarion. Put aside that our new-" he has to pause, stumbling for a word- "hosts may disapprove of another's justice. What exactly can I condemn you to that is the equal of what you have done? And how could I, were there a clear action to take, knowing that you have been the joy of my life?"