[ it isn't that he's necessarily as single minded as he looks. not that merry isn't hungry, because he is, and there's certainly some sense in headed to the kitchen of all places- but it's also a fairly innocent place to go. and if there're so many of them, then if he has to hide, he'd be able to do that alright. there is something dark to these walls- something than none of the forests and cities and roads have had before.
and he tries to steel himself for it, he really does. because with every day that passes merry finds himself more and more aware of how the whole world is changin'. of the danger around them all the time. the people he loves, his friends-
he has to believe that he'll see them all again. even without any proof. because if he doesn't have that, then how can he keep going at all?
the voice that says his name though- it's like a ghost. someone he hasn't heard in so long, someone he hasn't seen, had word of- that the whole of his body seizes right up. merry's feet halt mid-step, and that tightening in his chest swells up so hard that it feels like one of gandalf's firecrackers has gotten lit inside him- like he's waitin' for the explosion. even after he turns around, he can't believe his eyes. ]
no my feelings!!!!
and he tries to steel himself for it, he really does. because with every day that passes merry finds himself more and more aware of how the whole world is changin'. of the danger around them all the time. the people he loves, his friends-
he has to believe that he'll see them all again. even without any proof. because if he doesn't have that, then how can he keep going at all?
the voice that says his name though- it's like a ghost. someone he hasn't heard in so long, someone he hasn't seen, had word of- that the whole of his body seizes right up. merry's feet halt mid-step, and that tightening in his chest swells up so hard that it feels like one of gandalf's firecrackers has gotten lit inside him- like he's waitin' for the explosion. even after he turns around, he can't believe his eyes. ]
-Frodo?