Legolas exchanged a look of amusement with his fellow hunters Aragorn and Gimli. The three of them had chased their quarry across many leagues, intent on rescuing them, only to find that Merry and Pippin not only managed to rescue themselves, but found allies who managed to defeat the traitor Saruman. Now they played host, chattering away, offering food and drink and – pipe-weed?

He listened in dismay to talk of Longbottom Leaf and the sharing of pipes.

”Well, I am going back into the open air, to see what the wind and sky are doing!” And, he hoped, stand upwind.