Haleth grimaces again, for she had not wished to discuss this. But at the same time she does, for there is no one else in all the world with whom she might. And Eru knows she has failed to put it from her mind, despite many attempts.
She is silent another moment, looking into the fire but seeing beyond this. "Canien has lived...many years. Many centuries. Ages." Her voice is very quiet. "Long enough to see the Haladin thrive past me, but also long enough to see them eventually dispersed, mingled and intermixed with other tribes of men."
Haleth sighs and rubs her forehead. "And so it should be, perhaps, must be. The Gift of Men is ending, and with endings come change, unavoidable change. It is well. But it is also...difficult, to know that all my efforts now, all the things sacrificed, will be as nothing." The curve of her lip is bitter. "The reward for a Chieftain's hubris, perhaps. It is not my duty to see that the Haladin survive forever, merely to tend to them now, and to prepare for the next generation to follow me. But still, it is hard." She does look at him now, rue in her eyes. "A little like what you feel when you look towards your future, I imagine. A little."
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Date: 2019-08-05 03:28 pm (UTC)She is silent another moment, looking into the fire but seeing beyond this. "Canien has lived...many years. Many centuries. Ages." Her voice is very quiet. "Long enough to see the Haladin thrive past me, but also long enough to see them eventually dispersed, mingled and intermixed with other tribes of men."
Haleth sighs and rubs her forehead. "And so it should be, perhaps, must be. The Gift of Men is ending, and with endings come change, unavoidable change. It is well. But it is also...difficult, to know that all my efforts now, all the things sacrificed, will be as nothing." The curve of her lip is bitter. "The reward for a Chieftain's hubris, perhaps. It is not my duty to see that the Haladin survive forever, merely to tend to them now, and to prepare for the next generation to follow me. But still, it is hard." She does look at him now, rue in her eyes. "A little like what you feel when you look towards your future, I imagine. A little."