She chuckles when he kisses her finger, running it playfully along the line of his mouth. "I am certain it will. It will take more time yet, but Ithilien will once again be the garden of Gondor." It gives her great pride to be part of that reclaimation, which seems of a piece with her own healing. All the work she puts into their country is repaid in literal abundance, a thing far more rewarding to her now than the warrior's work she once longed for. Here, they will build something that lasts beyond themselves.
She laughs a little at that thought, wonderingly. "And we shall have a child to see it, and pass it all onto after we have finished all we can do. What a amazement that is!"
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Date: 2018-09-13 09:55 pm (UTC)She laughs a little at that thought, wonderingly. "And we shall have a child to see it, and pass it all onto after we have finished all we can do. What a amazement that is!"