Journal of Boromir: Day 15

“…Caught Aragorn glancing through the Spring/Summer edition of the Middle-Earth Gap catalogue today. He told me I should opt for the shorter tunic style for the summer months, and perhaps grow my beard out a little more. I admit the thought has crossed my mind – Gondor can get so ridiculously hot during the summer. Besides, I’ve got the legs to pull that style off, and I think I’d look quite dashing in a nice sleeveless leather tunic with matching gauntlets. Just as I was about to agree to make a stop at the Gap of Rohan with him, Aragorn points to this grotesque ensemble that includes a doublewide belt and horned helmet and suggests it for me. I wouldn’t have been so perturbed by his joke if he had not insisted that the model wearing the outfit looked like me. At this moment Aragorn is trying to explain away the sudden black eye he just received to the hobbits…”