Doom and Shadow are all around. It's part of life in Middle-Earth, and Canien's learned how to survive despite the odds. Perhaps even thrive, though later. Much later.
She's...almost even glad that her father hadn't lived to be the last of his brothers alive. Seeing what being the last had done to Maglor was enough that she didn't want that misery for her beloved father. He'd lived and died and hadn't been completely over-taken by the Oath as some of his brothers had.
She doesn't stop working, hands knowing what needs doing without conscious direction. But she does glance at Haleth, before returning her gaze to her work.
"I did not have the choice presented to me. This is the life given me, and I would not call it a bad one." A hint of a shrug and she slowly continues. "I believe I would have chosen the Immortal life. It can be lonely, but there is joy to be had, and endless possibilities.
"And now I know I will see my husband again, be it in Middle-Earth or when I sail west, for that is what we promised each other to do."
Not as stubborn as this one /sobs
She's...almost even glad that her father hadn't lived to be the last of his brothers alive. Seeing what being the last had done to Maglor was enough that she didn't want that misery for her beloved father. He'd lived and died and hadn't been completely over-taken by the Oath as some of his brothers had.
She doesn't stop working, hands knowing what needs doing without conscious direction. But she does glance at Haleth, before returning her gaze to her work.
"I did not have the choice presented to me. This is the life given me, and I would not call it a bad one." A hint of a shrug and she slowly continues. "I believe I would have chosen the Immortal life. It can be lonely, but there is joy to be had, and endless possibilities.
"And now I know I will see my husband again, be it in Middle-Earth or when I sail west, for that is what we promised each other to do."