Lumiel paused for a moment, collecting her thoughts. "I guess it seemed the only thing for me to do. I made a promise." she paused again. "I am a full-blooded elf, though I know little of my parents except a few blurred memories. They were killed by orcs." She left it at that, not wanting to go into the details of those memories, of the memories of whom only one other besides herself knew in full. "I myself was later saved by a Ranger named Farin who took me in as his own child and he became my mother and father and taught me all he knew in the ways of the Rangers. He passed away recently and made me promise to reclaim his honor as a Ranger and to find my people. And so here I am, I suppose." She picked up her glass and swallowed down a somewhat unsavory gulp, helping to keep back the avalanche that may come if she did not prevent it. "I'm here for him, you see. He gave me so much, and now I must return the favor. But even if I did not have a mission of my own, I would come if only for Eodwine's sake."
She finished, having given an abridged version for her coming along. There was something about Finėwen that appealed to Lumiel, and she thought that perhaps she may be beginning to make a friend. But still, she was a very private person and did not yet feel safe enough to divulge further. It would only have been a hassle and timewaster anyway, she told herself.
"Now I have given my reasons, what are yours? A woman Ranger is highly unusual, sometime perhaps we shall have to test our skills and learning against one another?" she said. She regretted afterward saying it, realizing that in all reality their chance to see one another's ability would come all too soon.
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