Special Disclaimer

Naturally I am not J.R.R. Tolkien and I neither own Middle-earth nor make any money from this derivative work; under the circumstances, I should perhaps add that I most certainly do not own the Lay of Leithian either, more specifically the version that appears in The Histories of Middle-earth Vol. 1-5 and on which this story draws quite heavily in places.  Melinna's quotation comes from Canto IV.1205 (The Lays of Beleriand 1994: 233).