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piosenniel · 10-13-2002, 10:19 AM

'How can you trust him?'

She looked aside, as if lost in thought and memories. Her words were filled with a certain tenderness when next she spoke. She told them of Mithadan, and how this task consumed him. He was there in Gondolin, she told them, and his heart was broken that he could not save them then. That he grieved for their suffering under Morgoth, she told them, and when opportunity came that he might aid them now in Númenor, he had thrown himself into the task completely and would see it done this time.

A light surrounded her as she told the hobbits of this Man. 'How can you trust him?' she repeated. 'As you trust me, I would hope. He is a good and brave Man. My boon companion.' She paused for a moment, smiling to herself. 'Trust him as I trust him, with my life. He will not fail you. We will not fail you.'

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piosenniel Desultory Dwimmerlaik Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Pickin' flowers with Bill the Cat..... Posts: 7,779	'How can you trust him?' She looked aside, as if lost in thought and memories. Her words were filled with a certain tenderness when next she spoke. She told them of Mithadan, and how this task consumed him. He was there in Gondolin, she told them, and his heart was broken that he could not save them then. That he grieved for their suffering under Morgoth, she told them, and when opportunity came that he might aid them now in Númenor, he had thrown himself into the task completely and would see it done this time. A light surrounded her as she told the hobbits of this Man. 'How can you trust him?' she repeated. 'As you trust me, I would hope. He is a good and brave Man. My boon companion.' She paused for a moment, smiling to herself. 'Trust him as I trust him, with my life. He will not fail you. We will not fail you.' [ October 13, 2002: Message edited by: piosenniel ] __________________ Eldest, that’s what I am . . . I knew the dark under the stars when it was fearless - before the Dark Lord came from Outside.