Envy her? The unexpected words draw a startled look from Èowyn at first, before she fully registers what it was Faramir actually said. A small frown knits at her brows, then. "Why?" she asks softly after a moment, a hint of compassion in her gaze. "Did he not see the value in learning lore and history in times of war and strife?"
That's the only reason she can immediately think of-- she'd always thought Gondor prided itself in the wealth of knowledge hidden inside the city's walls, in the grand libraries and the minds of its scholars both. Rohan could not claim such, the people of the Mark wise but unlearned, their history passed down orally rather than written on the pages of great tomes.
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Date: 2018-09-03 01:04 pm (UTC)That's the only reason she can immediately think of-- she'd always thought Gondor prided itself in the wealth of knowledge hidden inside the city's walls, in the grand libraries and the minds of its scholars both. Rohan could not claim such, the people of the Mark wise but unlearned, their history passed down orally rather than written on the pages of great tomes.