Do you really think it would be so terrible for him? I think he would enjoy himself. You should ask him. Besides, do you know if he has anyone to cook for him?

[Oh how quickly it all turns to concern. Well. For his partial benefit. ]

Has he cooked for you?

[ Meanwhile, Hythlodaeus had wiped his own slate clean for the moment. All this that he had little control for. No, no, he needed more time to turn it around in his head before he approached it again. ]