Niniel sighed and shook her head. "N-no. I--I do n-n-not live here, th-th-though I have b-b-been here longer th-than I usually stay any-anywhere. S-so far, i-i-it has been pleasant." Far more so than anywhere else had been, especially the mountains. Compared to them, and the inhabitants thereof, the Shire was a paradise, though she did not doubt that it had its faults.
She sighed, and put her hands to her temples. This conversation was getting very complicated. He had something he didn't want to talk about; she had nothing to tell him about her past; neither lived where they currently found themselves.
She sighed. Things had once been much simpler for her, she was sure. If only she could remember something about that time...she shook her head. No use falling into that state of melancholy again. She had learned to live with it, so by Eru, she refused to feel sorry for herself.
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