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Under the Starlight 

“When I stayed behind, Ulmo showed me many things to come, happy and sad alike. But he never showed me the joy and grieving of parenthood…”

The drawknife moved steadily across the wooden surface.  

“He’s been but a small wave in the tides of my long years. And yet, it seems my life has meaning only because of the joy he brought to me...”

The planer stopped abruptly.

“Marry Celebrían, Elrond, and father her children. Nothing on Arda is more important than that!”

They sat in silence, remembering the radiance of a star that had briefly shone upon their lives.

(Word count 100)       Nov. 2004

A/N: Cause sometimes it is difficult to stop saying goodbye