Estelarion was first to gain consciousness. He rolled over and looked over to his left, where he felt a body just barely touching him. He was still a little groggy, but when he saw that the body was Menelduliniel, he awoke completely, and quickly rose. He moved around and put her head in his lap, as Menelduliniel had previously done to him, and looked down at her.
"What has happened to her?" Estelarion exclaimed, angrily.
They explained to him that she would be okay, but he still looked angrily at them.
"This is all your fault! You should ha-" Estelarion started to accuse, when he was cut off by a soft voice below him.
"Estel? I heard part of that...it is not their fault..." Menelduliniel nearly whispered, having just opened her eyes near the end of the company's explanation.
"Then, whose fault was it?" Estelarion said, still apparently upset, but with a gentler voice.
"Mine...it was mine...I almost ran off again...remember last time? At least it wasn't like then..." Menelduliniel weakly flinched at the memories of the physical pain. Estelarion helped Menelduliniel up into a sitting position, and she put her arms around Estelarion's neck and began to cry. He gingerly put his arms around her, obviously a little uncomfortable and a little unused to the affection.
She cried for about an hour, while everyone else tended their injuries. When she finally lifted her tear-stained face, she looked into his eyes.
"Wait...where are the horse?"
Estelarion looked around and saw them. With one arm still around Menelduliniel's waist, he took the other and pointed, "Over there," he said. She followed his finger and saw them safely grazing.
"Well, thank Manwe for that gift...at least they were uninjured..." Meneli said, her arms still around Estelarion's neck. She turned back to him and embraced him again, tearless this time...
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