[Nogrod]

"I think we have all slept master elf" Tom answered Gildor and stood up from the ground he had been dozing. "But you have spoken thoughtfully and I appreaciate it. It's good to have you around." Tom looked at the elf to the eye and finally patted him to the shoulder and smiled. "If all of us were like you we could clear this mess more easily." He then glanced at the sleeping company around them. "Sadly that seems not to be the case."

After picking some bread from his sack he started speaking, slowly and thoughtfully.

"I'm going to trust you Gildor, at least toDay. Also I haven't seen anything alarming in master Daín and will give him the benefit of doubt as well. What you said about the relations of Radagast and young Théodred agrees with what I have felt and thence leads me to more trust the young laddie than not.

So it means that I must focus toDay myself on the four that are left.

Of those I'm most confused with lady Galadriel. I seem to have the strongest reasons to suspect her but what youi pointed out about Radagast calling him all the time would suggest they were not in cahoots after all. Also the way she has answered my questions sound innocentish even there's something I can't say what it is that bothers me. It may well be just our mutual history for it has always been like that as we have met. Even if we respect each other we seem to misinterpret each other every time.

Elrohir is another one I'm not sure what to think. He comes and goes hardly saying anything and when he says something he manages to either say nothing or look suspicious. Maybe he's just lost, poor kid, after what happened to his brother but still... Anyway, he's not exactly helping our mission at this point.

That leaves me with Uglúk and Halbarad. I don't think that they both are traitors but that another one of them is a misguided innocent. They wouldn't make that kind of concerted attack on me if they were mates in crime. So I should find out which one is which...

What you said about Radagast would point towards Uglúk but Halbarad seems the more opportunistic of the two who likes to surf (Arda forgive me that word...) with the ideas of others which I always find traitorish behaviour."

Noticing that others were still sleeping he sat back down and offered his pipe to the elf.

"Now take a puff and relax, I need to think this over."