Not All Tears Are an Evil

He thought the many hairs on his chin were a good enough disguise for the salty tears now reaching the corners of his lips. Yet, seemingly they were not, after a muffled voice was whispered into his ear.

“Are you weeping, Master Dwarf?”

Gimli was more than flushed, but he managed to check himself and hid his discomfiture with dignity.

“It’s the dust – the wind blows very hard up here.”

Gandalf frowned a bit, but then nodded astutely.

“That I cannot agree more. Though my friend,” the Wizard wrapped an arm around Gimli. “not all tears are an evil. It is not wrong to shed tears for what Aragorn has just done toward our beloved hobbits. I feel like crying myself.”