Bird and Pio had come late to the meeting. Levanto had shown them the underwater entrance to the tunnel, but it was growing too dark for them to explore it. They agreed to let the others know of their find, and come back on the morrow to explore it.
Pio stank of river water, silt, and the myriad of decaying plants dying in the eddies. She excused herself from the party and went down to her cabin to wash and change. There was a feeling of oddness about the room, but she shrugged it off. She pulled her dress on, and smoothed it over the planes of her body. Running her fingers through her curls, she placed the silver fillet on her forehead, and went up stairs to greet Faramir.
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Eldest, that’s what I am . . . I knew the dark under the stars when it was fearless - before the Dark Lord came from Outside.
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