People do. And if there is no real provision for keeping the place sparkling clean, they'll mess it up for sure. I never experienced that in an Elvish community, but I noticed it in some of the mortal communities I visited after I came with my father and brothers to the continent of Middle-earth. If you have a sensitive nose, I can see how it would be a bother for you to be in those not-too-clean communities.

Oh, good. I think that if more than one of us asks for the weather updates, then it's more likely we'll get them. The train doesn't reply to you, either? I would think it would be tempted, as you are such a good-natured young man. And you say that even if it does reply, there's a suggestion of negativity more often than not?