15 ~ Mairon

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 Mairon couldn't speak. He just shook his head and shrugged, earning an eye roll from his master.
 Yeah, the elf was a Noldor. Yeah, the Maia hated the Noldor, but that didn't mean he enjoyed seeing them in pain.
 The elf, Maedhros apparently, showed pain in every aspect of his being - his expression was consumed with it and he sat at a strange angle, not a bone in his body relaxed. Speaking of how he was sitting, it was in a dried pool of his own blood.

Mairon turned and walked away.

"Where are you going?" Melkor asked.

"Getting some air," he replied, his voice strangely tight.

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