LOTR Drabble: Failed Foresight
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martasficTitle: Failed Foresight
Summary: After the War of the Ring, Elrond and Faramir discuss Pippin.
Rating: General (nothing objectionable)
Word Count: 100
Timeline: Late Third Age (bookverse)
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I had often been called farsighted, and yet… and yet I would have sent the halfling home. Seeing him now, in the Tower garb, I wondered if the wisdom of Elrond had failed.
"You doubted him as well?" I turned and saw the Steward standing at my side, his eyes troubled.
"I did," I said after a moment. "I wished that he had returned to the Shire."
At that Faramir chuckled. "So did I. I would have spared him this." The weariness left his face. He placed his hand on my forearm. "But that was not for us to decide."
Summary: After the War of the Ring, Elrond and Faramir discuss Pippin.
Rating: General (nothing objectionable)
Word Count: 100
Timeline: Late Third Age (bookverse)
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I had often been called farsighted, and yet… and yet I would have sent the halfling home. Seeing him now, in the Tower garb, I wondered if the wisdom of Elrond had failed.
"You doubted him as well?" I turned and saw the Steward standing at my side, his eyes troubled.
"I did," I said after a moment. "I wished that he had returned to the Shire."
At that Faramir chuckled. "So did I. I would have spared him this." The weariness left his face. He placed his hand on my forearm. "But that was not for us to decide."