Megilien smiled. "Perilous, the land may be. However, if you had traveled along, I would have seen you, unless you joined her in Rivendell, where I left her." She grinned. Randir, as he called himself, was trying to cover up his story.
And then, he promptly asked how Megilien had met Eglawen. Her grin broadened. "I have been in Ithilien before. The only recent time was when I went to get Eglawen and guard her on her journey." This was a slight lie, but still close enough to the truth. "As to how I knew her, before she lived in Ithilien, she lived in Rivendell: my home."
Her grin disappeared as she thought of the horrible things that had driven Eglawen and many others out of Rivendell. After taking the time to push these things out of her mind, she said to Randir, "Now, if you'd be so kind, what are you really doing here?"
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