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Treasure Enough (PG-13)

19 June 2010 | 3909 words

Epilogue

The sun was shining brightly on the morning the Man and the Elf reached Minas Tirith. They had traveled in easy stages, and Faramir found the going easier each day. They stood now atop the ruins of the ancient wall that marked the boundaries of the City’s farmland. Faramir looked out across the plains at the White Tower of Ecthelion and shivered suddenly despite the warm sunlight.

Although the young Man had speculated long upon the meaning of Haldir’s vision and Galadriel’s words, he had reached no conclusions. Haldir, although perfectly willing to answer Faramir’s questions in great detail every time he was asked, seemed content to let the matter rest until they reached the City of the Guard Tower. They had decided upon that course because Faramir had suggested that perhaps there would be records there of a lost treasure that would match the Lady’s cryptic phrases. They would ask the Lord Steward if they might, as emissaries of the Elves, look amongst his archives.

Faramir leaned back against his companion and deliberately let go of whatever premonition had touched him. They were coming to the end of this part of their journey, and they were together. As Haldir said, that was treasure enough.

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