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lay of leithian, or, why decima is no longer allowed to propose thread ideas while manic
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"Okay. I'm sure you'll notice things I never have..."

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"We'll see." Kiss.

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Gentle kiss.

"Someday this'll be over," she says, softly, "And I'll make a beautiful world for you."

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"Any world where I'm with you is already beautiful."

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Awwww.

Kiss!

"Then I'll make it gorgeous."

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"I know you will, Mygwainor."

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Snuggle.

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But all things end, in time, and so does the Light of Aman, the gold and silver age of the elves.

It starts, of course, when a giant spider decides the Two Trees look tasty.

It doesn't end there.

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Mygwainor hovers on the threshold of their home, gaze distant, as Aman goes utterly, entirely, impossibly dark.

The shadows want them to be afraid. There's a predator out there. Something old. Something dangerous.

Mygwainor is older and more dangerous than it by far.

Still, she stands in their doorway, expression torn.

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"Heavy thoughts, love," Luthien says, hugging her.

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She turns to kiss Luthien's cheek. "I don't know if I should help."

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"What's stopping you?"

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"I could help," she says, "And minimize any damage, and make sure nothing escalates into fights, and reassure people - fix things, and the timeline would destabilize faster."

Pause. 

"I should help. Our friends are out there."

Pause.

"I don't..."

"I don't want this to end with - "

"Trying to fix things that will never last."

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Kiss.

"It's not an end, Mygwainor. This is our beginning."

"I'll go with you. Always."

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Proper kiss.

"I know. I love you, so much." She squeezes Luthien's hand.

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"I love you too."

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Lean.

"What do you want to do? About..." She gestures out at the darkness.

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"...Let's help."

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Kiss.

"Alright."

Out, then, to see what of Aman's peace they can save.

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However temporary it might prove.

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And as with Doriath -

They get things settled. They get things peaceful. Resolved. There's still tension, still arguments, but Mygwainor is powerful in every way that matters here -

 

The world dissolves.

 

From Luthien's perspective, the next thing that happens is being a baby again.

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It's easier the third time. She's knows what to expect.

She tries some new things, makes more friends... But really, she's just waiting for her wife to come back.

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Luthien very often has a sense of being watched as a child - by more than her keen-eyed father, her perceptive mother. There's a brush of her wife's mind even in her earliest memories this loop, an, 'I'm okay. I love you.'

Getting away from her parents and assorted other watchful, suspicious elves long enough to meet up with her wife might be a bit of a challenge, though.

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Fortunately, she has more practice slipping away than they do watching her.

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Her wife meets her in the starlit woods, a good ways away from the current camp.

"Ellin," she says, voice soft, dropping to her knees on the forest floor.

(She's a bit awkwardly taller than Luthien right now, otherwise...)

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