Voice, Open

[bythewaves]

[ Grief, as deep as the sea, as endless as the sky. Pain, like sheeting ice, in the voice that speaks... and for those with ears to hear, a tiny, quiet envy and relief. ]

For those who knew them, the list of those freed from this world now includes the Lady Galadriel and her husband, the Lord Celeborn, their daughter, the Lady Celebrian, the Lady Idril, and Maedhros my brother. Also, the Lady Sif, who counted us as family in lieu of those left in her own world.

Their things are with me, but they left no letters behind.

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[digophelia]

You may not feel that way, but you will. Your brothers will still be with you, as much as your father. That pain will not go away, it will only dull. It will ease, in time.

[bythewaves]

I know - this is... the third time I have lost them, now. But I do not know if I have that time Alice. Grief... has slain my people before.

[digophelia]

You've come so far.

[ After the death of Celegorm, in the less honorable way. It was enough to have Alice leery of the Seelie, a leeriness that has lasted this long. ]

A normal man would have lost his mind. You do not give yourself enough credit.

[bythewaves]

[ A hollow laugh ]

It seems I only slide further back.

[digophelia]

And yet you haven't, you are still here.

[bythewaves]

Only barely. Only because I... cannot do that to amil.