The question startled Naaramare out of the disappointment that had clung to her when Gandalf began. Not that what he said wasn't true, but . . .
. . .I still feel helpless, and I know that I never, EVER liked feeling helpless . . .
"The . . pass?" she repeated, blinking. "It was . . ." She paused, frowning, trying to recall out of the murk that was simply normal, confused memory of a murky, confused time in her life. "It was . . .oh, this is ridiculous, because I remember this!" Trying to focus on one single voice in the myriad of memories that leapt to her mind when thinking of that time, she finally heard someone--Lord Glorfindel?--say . . .
"Caradhras," she said aloud. "It was the Imladris side of Caradhras where they found me."
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