[Amanaduial the archer]

Nariah sat on the grass on a a hill a small way from where the group were celebrating. She was no longer crying, but her cheeks were still wet from her silent weeping. Elfred was gone.
She lay back on the grass, staring up at the stars above her. Was the old hobbit one of them now? How could he be gone? How?
Nariah sighed. She had already been angry at the rest for celebrating, but she knew they were doing it to try and expell the thoughts of what would inevitably happen later....
She stared at the stars before closing her eyes and trying not to think either. Not to think of anything....
A sound nearby of someone releasing their last meal the way it had gone in made her open them again.
"Hello Olo."
Olo looked a little sheepish as he wiped his mouth. He came over, sitting beside Nariah.
"Elfred was-" He started, before stopping. He looked like he was about to say something else but replaced it with a sigh and just stared at the stars, eventually closing his eyes and thinking his own thoughts, like Nariah.

[ January 12, 2003: Message edited by: Amanaduial the archer ]