don't lie to me . @gorthaaur
𝙼𝚄𝚁𝙺𝚈 𝙸𝚂 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝚆𝙰𝚈 𝚄𝙿𝙾𝙽 𝚆𝙷𝙸𝙲𝙷 𝙷𝙴 𝚃𝚁𝙴𝙰𝙳𝚂 , 𝙰 𝙶𝚁𝙾𝚄𝙽𝙳 𝙰𝚂 𝚃𝚁𝙴𝙰𝙲𝙷𝙾𝚁𝙾𝚄𝚂 𝙰𝚂 𝙼𝙾𝚄𝙽𝚃𝙰𝙸𝙽 𝙲𝙻𝙸𝙵𝙵𝚂 𝙰𝙽𝙳 𝚃𝙷𝙴𝙸𝚁 𝙳𝙰𝚁𝙺 𝙼𝙰𝚆 𝚄𝙽𝙳𝙴𝚁 . how it seeks to swallow him up ! in the dirt , in the greenery wrought alike rusted iron - strips turning trees’ bark into ill - armor forged . the path is forgotten ( you have forgone it , dwarf - of - devastation’s following shadow . you are led astray , you are falling to mirkwood’s molten deception ) , henceforth he drifted between slumber’s foul make and waking’s metallic prod as the company spread in search of their melted - away course . curse this wood ! steel - tipped boots trudged across twig and sprig with each step that he took , shallow exhales from his parted lips slow . where had the stone wandered ?
leant by the trunk of such an indistinguishable tree , he hears the words susurrated near his ears . lifting his head with clarity’s brief suddenness , the dwarf turned it to and fro , seeking the source of the hushed syllables that give rise to goose - flesh upon his skin beneath his layered finery . all he saw were the dwarrows around him , neither by his side nor speaking to him . fine - haired brows furrowed , head lolling lethargically forward before he snapped it upright , blinking . gritted teeth keep him from drowsing’s drifting brink ( sleep not ! rest not ! where are you going , dwarf - of - despair ? your kin are fading , the days are passing . lead them ! ) formless , yet enquiring is the fell tone , asking him that which muddled head cannot recall ————— no . i do not know . no . . .
betwixt denying responses he held to , the forest seeming to tilt around him as the heavy swing of mahal’s hammer - fall ( it calls you a liar , mahal’s dwarf , it says you speak unto it falsehoods ) . ❝ begone ! ❞ doth he shout , or has he been made bereft of his loudness with a tongue - trapped murmur , dense in his mouth ? its cavernous echo came in and out of his ears as his torso swayed and grime - laden fingers dug into bark . ❝ i . . . owe you no such answers . . . ! ❞ who is it that whispers to me . . . ?