Jowan (troll childling): "I'll.. I'll just clean out here." the boy says to no one in particular.
Jowan (troll childling): And so he takes the broom and dustpan and starts to sweep up the main room. It goes well for a time until he notices small creatures hovering near the edges and under the chairs and tables.
Jowan (troll childling): A huff "oh for goodness sake" he says.
Jowan (troll childling): The little dust bunnies shiver...well they remember the 'great boggan purges'. Jowan however looks into their pleading little eyes and sighs "No, I won't sweep you away. I just don't know how to help this place."
Jowan (troll childling): "You know, because it helps me?"
Jowan (troll childling): "Still, maybe I can clean somethings at least." he moves very carefully not to displace the dust bunnies, yet clean up while he can.
Jowan (troll childling): He dusts the jukebox, which plays a happy tune.... something about a she troll who jousted with a car? cool
Jowan (troll childling): Then he finds the statue, "Huh. Wow." and he sits down and stares at it. It's not a big statue near the balefire, only three foot tall- but he can tell it is of a troll. "Gee.. between songs and statues they seem to think highly of trolls here"
Jowan (troll childling): then he looks at the statue, "You wouldn't want to know me, miss. I'm kind of a disgrace to our kith"
Jowan (troll childling): "I'm nice and all," He wipes the statue carefully, "but when there was trouble, and others were in danger. I ran." Jowan doesn't know why he's confessing to a statue. Perhaps because he could never face one of his own kind with this sort of honesty. And a troll should be honest, right? honest and brave.
Jowan (troll childling): A glance to the library as if the statue was asking "No miss, not just now.. I mean, there was nothing to fight for. Back where I come from. I.. nevermind. i'm the worst troll ever because a troll who runs away leaving others is no troll at all"
Jowan (troll childling): "but you must have been a good troll" he wipes on, "Brave and saved the place or something maybe? or else why make a statue? maybe you were like in ancient times.. like.." he ponders the definition of really old, "Like 1990 or something?" Wipe wipe "So I guess you're dead by now"
Jowan (troll childling): "but you probably died heroically, like, with a machine gun in each hand an ax-handle between your teeth? And like a jajillion thallion coming at you... and you were like budda budda and then when you ran out of bullets you spit the ax at one cutting them in half, then you grabbed the ax and took out the next one with a viking yell. And when you finally die, you bought time for like.. .an ark full of others to get to safety ! And they came here, and so they built a statue in your honor"
Jowan (troll childling): "That's how it would go for a real troll"
Jowan (troll childling): Soon, the statue is clean and shining, as is the mantle about it. Jowan puts the cleaning materials away. He's done enough for now.
Jowan (troll childling): Then he notices something else "There's a garden out back? Oh wow. " And out he goes to the garden.