[ Frodo actually doesn't know what Kings and Queens would do to make them rise, unless they simply say it, so it takes him a beat to understand what she means, standing straighter even if it changes little, really. He steps forward slowly, ready to stop if she tells him, and offers her the roll of papers tied in a simple yellow bow. In hindsight he thinks he should have chosen black or blue to be more respectful but it slipped his mind then. ]

They are merely notes from books I read, and none can verify their truth. But they do agree on the cause even if not on what leads to it.

[ He is a better writer than a speaker, when he can't even bring himself to say words such as death. Or execution. ]