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altariel ([personal profile] altariel) wrote2011-05-24 10:52 am
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Still Room

The second best decision of Éowyn's life.

Still Room

Ithilien, in the Fourth Age

Barring the children from the still room this summer was, Éowyn thinks, the second best decision of her life. Here, all is fierce order – material proof of her skill, capability, and art.

Outside, the chaos of young voices continues unabated, as it will for years – laughter, shrieks, the occasional yell. Eight children, family and friends, make a royal racket. Hardly noticing what she does, Éowyn untangles the voices one by one, interprets them… And stays in her seat. Nobody is hurt.

The door opens. A kingly head looks inside. “Headache,” says her liege-lord and healer. Éowyn points to the shelf.

[identity profile] altariel.livejournal.com 2011-05-24 11:35 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you, glad it raised a smile!

I had to google "tohuwabohu"!

[identity profile] lhun-dweller.livejournal.com 2011-05-29 09:55 pm (UTC)(link)
And I had to google both -- and enjoyed the learning, as well as the drabble.

[identity profile] altariel.livejournal.com 2011-05-30 01:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you!