Nov 15: Lamentable Tidings II
Unto the Thain of the Shire from the hand of Elessar:
And so it was that I found him, when we came to bear Merry to the Rath Dinen. I thought at first he was sleeping, his head upon his arm, their hands clasped on the pall.
In death, as in life, Pippin was always close on Merry's heels.
When I lifted him up, I found the enclosed letter in his other hand.
I have laid them together in the House of Kings, clothed not only in their regalia as lords of Rohan and Gondor, but also with my love.
A/N: Prompt: "And so it was" by Grey Wizard of the ALEP2: TABA group on Facebook. I could not send one without the other. There will be one more drabble to accompany this and Lamentable Tidings.