Susan smiled. It seemed Cole was finally coming out of his hiding place.
"I'm not sure, Cole. I don't know what stories you know. Why don't you tell us about yourself? That's always a good way to introduce yourself. It's even how I became a storyteller." She smiled slightly at the memory, then frowned. Whatever had happened to those two Elves she'd spoken to? Were they still in the Seventh Star, in Gondor? She absently turned her head in that direction, as if seeking a scent. The man had been sweetly naive and pleasant to talk to for no other reason than that, but the woman had been so perceptive...moreso than anyone Susan had spoken to in a very long time.
She shook her head and turned back to Cole. He was looking at her curiously and she wondered how long she'd been sitting here staring into space. "Well, how about that story, Cole?"
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"Man as a whole, Man pitted against the universe, have we seen him at all 'til we see that he is like a hero in a fairy tale?"
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