"You have caused great disruption," Haleth says quietly. "But I would not wish it undone."
For she has been changed by knowing him; already she knows this. She can be content and wholly herself in the life she will lead, must lead, in the role her people need her to fulfill.
But even if they part this instant, with no more said or done, a part of her will always look north and think on Caranthir. She cannot regret that. It is too integral a part of her now, it would be like regretting her own left arm.
Haleth sighs and rubs her forehead. "I must think. Come and speak with me again tomorrow, as we walk or in the evening when we make camp. If you wish it." They are traveling at a walking pace, for the most part, for there are not carts enough for all the Haladin, and only the Eldar have horses. The slowest, the youngest or the still injured, they are all carried; those who are hale, including Haleth herself, walk.
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For she has been changed by knowing him; already she knows this. She can be content and wholly herself in the life she will lead, must lead, in the role her people need her to fulfill.
But even if they part this instant, with no more said or done, a part of her will always look north and think on Caranthir. She cannot regret that. It is too integral a part of her now, it would be like regretting her own left arm.
Haleth sighs and rubs her forehead. "I must think. Come and speak with me again tomorrow, as we walk or in the evening when we make camp. If you wish it." They are traveling at a walking pace, for the most part, for there are not carts enough for all the Haladin, and only the Eldar have horses. The slowest, the youngest or the still injured, they are all carried; those who are hale, including Haleth herself, walk.