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There is a magic here that I have never encountered in all of my journeys across Middle Earth. I do not know what to call it or even where it originates. {His anger over having been taken from the final battle at the Black Gate has diminished. In its place, Aragorn looks solemn and paler than usual.} I can only ask that it returns me from whence I came. It is of the utmost importance that I do not -

{For the first time, his voice cracks and he falls silent.}

There is a battle. It will decide the fate of my world. If I do not fight within it; if I do not lend my strength to my men, more of them will perish. {Perhaps they will lose heart. Perhaps all of them will die in the face of their greatest fear. All of the possibilities are incredibly grim.} I must return.

My name is Aragorn, son of Arathorn and I am the rightful heir to the throne of Gondor. My place is with my people and my friends.

{No feast can distract him; food is naught but a texture against his tongue. Now isn't the time for joy and festivities. Rather, his entire attention is fixed upon that which he can't see anymore.

The Black Gate.

How far has he been transported? And by what sorcery? He holds onto his sword - the reforged Narsil - tightly, ready and waiting to draw it free from its sheathe.}

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Your Grace. {He wants to believe; he needs hope, yet he has far too many questions to rest easy.} I trust you have seen that future with your own eyes.

I have, kinsman. [She allows that word to fall heavily from lips, trusting that he will catch the significance immediately.] You know well that I do not speak lightly of such things.

{A smile, clear and sweet, curves his lips and he bows his head. If a future with Arwen awaits him, he can withstand anything.}

Guren glassui. {"Thank you from my heart."} I shall devote my life to Arwen's happiness.

{Gladly and with great enthusiasm.}

That I never doubted in the least. [There's no way she can keep but smiling back at him when he wears such an earnest expression of love for her granddaughter. Even if the entire situation is a bit bittersweet for Galadriel herself. But it's knowing the sort of life that Arwen has waiting for her that makes sailing without her just a little bit easier.]

Should we be blessed with children, they shall know of their kin in full. {Histories are important, but in this case - Aragorn is sensitive to how hard it will be for Galadriel to leave Arwen behind (as well as how hard it will be for Arwen to be without her closest kin).}

[She never doubted that either. Even so, she's visibly touched, falling silent for a moment before finally giving a little nod.]

Thank you. You cannot know what that means to me.

[But then she smiles warmly again, something a little more cheerful.] But we speak of the future. Surely there is something I might do for you in the present. Others have begun to explain this world, I assume?

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