[ arya chews her lip. she picks at her sleeve as she starts. ]

King Thranduil called and said he needed Nymeria's help to find whatever attacked his vassal. The ugly elf that just told everyone. I had to stay in the gardens with him and Lord Elrond since he didn't want me going with the group, but Nymeria did. She took them to where it happened, but there wasn't much of a scent to track from there. They looked for a bit, then they got back, and Nymeria and me left.

All he'd ever say is it was a demon that did it. [ as is evident. ] King Thranduil wouldn't really talk all that much about it.

[ watching t wear a hole in the gardens lost its fun after two minutes. ]