Loved it, xD. When I saw the "That, was the singular occurrence," I just cracked up. T'was a very nicely put together mystery, and if you were to write "The Riddle of the Clanking Room" I would most certainly read it, as I love detective fiction.

These are great!

i sincerely hope you continue to update this story. it is magnificent! i love the way you have portrayed both estel and erestor--they are interesting, realistic, and really funny. and the stories themselves are vastly entertaining. this is the coolest erestor that i've ever read, hands down.

so please, please, please keep adding on to this story!

M. Yes. Erestor was more a father to Estel than Elrond. I don't know if it is wise or not... *shrug*

Erestor seemed cruel at first to the boy, yet then I saw the reason right in the end of the chapter. Heh. I am quite ashamed of myself...

This chapter was of a different theme also from the rest of the story (except the stealing case one). Like the other one, though, it was a good change... and a new light to Estel's personality. You showed his other side of bravery. :)

10/10

Heheheheh... The show was impressive... :D But it was a bit extravagant, don't you think? It would look funny too, silly, I say, if Glorfindel entertained the idea of tossing snowballs when he was in a complete battle atire... *roll eyes* And what had Erestor done to himself? I got the impression that he painted his face black. *smirk*

M. Erestor was a bit harsh too, putting dirt and rocks in his snowball.

I glimpsed Aragorn's later traits in little Estel's thoughts and deeds, and all were true! *thumbs up* You pictured him in the right way, and in a very impressive one at that. ;)

9/10

The investigation looked tideous and all, and some would say it was done by an incompetent detective, yet I would say otherwise. This chapter had a theme different from the others; it stood out among the whole story, distracting me at first, nd yet it was a good change. (I still would like to know the end of the second case, by the way! Don't be such a meany and leave me wondering about the clanking sound! *growl*)

Glorfindel was slightly out of character in here, I think. He looked like a maniac driven by bloodlust. Hmm. It had never been something I would associate with him.

Estel's unconditional faith and love to Elrond moved me. (Yes, I suppose you are fed up already with that term and expression I use here. *smile diviously*). Well, that; I am once again left without much word to say, and my previous review has been wiped out by the sudden disconnection on my Internet access after all. *sniff*

9/10

M. Are you sure it was a sedative, not some kind of... I don't know; something that can make you halusinate or too calm or... whatever? Because Erestor was rather strange in the end and it ruined the whole theme. *snicker*

How old was Estel at that time? I somehow perceived him as below ten years old still, and he was somehow brave and clever in his own way - and innocent too - when he handled Erestor's injury. It was as if Erestor was a father to him too, by the way, with him jumping to save the boy like that... Here I am given the impression that Erestor was more like a father to Estel than Elrond. Hmm.

10/10

"He forced a grin, scaring the boy half to death." Hahaha! I had the impression that Erestor rather grimaced or half snarled than grinned... Perhaps his 'grin' looked that way? :D

That was a pretty figurative language you used in the end of the chapter. The theme was somehow ironic but... sweet on its own, especially when Erestor's chest 'burnt'. How awful he must feel, trying to conceal the horrible truth from so lovely of a child.

10/10

Hahaha! Poor Erestor... Estel knocked him down now - albeit unintentionally. That must be a hard blow to him deep underneath despite what he felt on the surface and what he displayed to the world. Glorfindel's skills struck me here, and how he never boasted. Perhaps that is why Erestor had always been good with him? :) Just an idle thought...

Why did you name this chapter "Green," by the way? Yes, Elrond 'teased' Erestor about his eyes being 'slightly green,' but what about the title? :-\

10/10

*coo* One more from Estel... I am so happy I did not forsake this fic when I passed across it when browsing... :D One more sweet thing between the time-weary Elf and the innocent child of Men!

The thing here that touched me the most was when Erestor perceived beyond the poor decoration and cake Estel had for him. Even I doubt I could have perceived the same if I were him. :) I love how he imagined the hard, sincere work Estel had put to gladden him in the begetting day he himself did not care about - or at least no more. A lesson the boy learnt alone without guidance about unconditional love and warmth and friendship and he taught it instead to the adults, who should have more knowledge of that, and that theme is what has stuck me fast to this series of chapters, short though they are.

10/10

Sweet! :D Erestor was latched to Estel now, eh? The chapters seem to be in sequence, by the way. Did you intend on that?

Erestor's words to Elrond moved me similarly. One more philosophical piece in a seemingly innocent event portrayed in a narration. :) Estel's words to Erestor, while they did not hold a 'value' as some would say, moved me just as much. Special names are always present everywhere, but they become more special when addressed to one who loves formalities and stiltedness too much to allow nicknames put on him.

This chapter was longer. I am quite glad of it. It allowed the event to be rooted more firmly.

10/10

LOL For the first time since several fics Rey finds herself speechless... This chapter was pretty and sweet! :) Despite the lightness and innocence portrayed there, it was somehow phylosophical, wrapping a universal - but ignored - notion that children sometimes could understand adults more than an adult to others. Estel's confession about 'the hidden smiles' moved me, and to me it was true when attached to Erestor's personality. To think that Aragorn used to be such a lovely and observant child... :)

10/10

*drools*

The cuteness is astounding

Oh, *incoherent flailing* Erestor! And Estel! And-and-and *dies from the cute*

Oh, my... these are just beautiful. I'm so touched by your characterizations!

I've just begun immersing myself in the LotR fanfiction, and am a big sucker for "little Estel" stories. :-) Yours are, without a doubt, among the best written and conceived I've read.

Thank you for sharing your talent!

~ThinkingLady