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[bythewaves]

My apologies for my absence
The wind may wander as it wills, and so betimes do I
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[bythewaves]

He looks back at her, startled, the light of the stars and moon around him, and perhaps he looks like he might have done, in his own world.

"I do not know, Alice. The fates of Men are sundered from that of the Eldar, and where they go after death only two Elves have ever known, and they did not return to speak of it. Yet, I cannot believe that the One who sung the creation into existance cares nothing for his children. I believe she is, Alice. I believe she is Home."

[digophelia]

Alice, who has lost faith in most things, needed to hear that after tearing herself up as Lizzie had left. It wouldn't be fair if she faded out into nothingness, with only three days breathing and thriving once again, warm in Alice's embrace. It will still not save her from a restless night.

She was on the balls of her feet, ready to descend down the stairs. Instead, she turns on a heel, with a slow approach towards him. It's easy for her to initiate affection with the little Alice, without hesitation. She can pick her up now and hold her, to calm the little girl who means much more to her than just similarity. So it's still awkward for her, to embrace him, especially with how he towers over her. She does, at least, brace herself against him in an awkward attempt in a hug.

It wouldn't be far from the truth to say she's forgotten how to. She hates it, but his words have given her a much needed piece of mind.

[bythewaves]

A startled pause - it is unlike Alice to initiate such contact, and Maglor debates for a long, long moment before deciding that she needs it, and bending, he folds her in his arms, ever so briefly, pressing a kiss to her forehead before letting her go.

(He would hold her close and shut out the world, but it would only distress her, he knows)

[digophelia]

He would assume correctly; Alice had tensed from the initial display of affection, sinking her shoulders as soon as she's freed. It's her way of saying "thank you", since words seem to be lost on Alice at the moment. It's bedtime for Alice, who is dead on her feet, that she reluctantly staggers towards the stairs. She was going to say something else to him, perhaps a "goodnight" or verbalize her gratitude.

There is silence.

Alice just turning to him, as her dark hair falls into her face.

Unfortunately, Alice will not be coming out of her room for a few days after this.

[bythewaves]

He will be there for her - bringing a meal up and leaving it at the door. Singing for her when the nightmares get too much. Waiting, quiet and patient, as he did once for Elrond and Elros, terrified and so very angry.