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He will be late again for dinner.

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Minas Tirith, in the Fourth Age

He will be late again for dinner. It cannot be helped. Tomorrow morning the council meets, and he has not touched those papers yet. Across the room his daughter prowls. Recently she has been watching every scratch of his pen, every forkful of food.

“Out with it,” he says, at last.

“You never do anything for yourself! You should… you should find yourself a hobby!”

She is beautiful, on the cusp of womanhood. Fierce as her mother on his account. His life’s work: leaving her the world he never had.

“I already have a hobby, blackbird. I call it Gondor.”

Date: 2011-05-30 05:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] espresso-addict.livejournal.com
Indeed, he's more suited to be a king than a steward.

Date: 2011-05-30 05:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] espresso-addict.livejournal.com
That's the thousand gold piece question, I think. If he were to be humble enough to accept the advice of Faramir & other advisors all might work out to the good, but if the power of the position went to his head and he started thinking he was actually in charge...

Date: 2011-05-31 12:17 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] altariel.livejournal.com
I'd like to think he'd be able to keep on listening to Faramir. Faramir shows himself capable of disagreeing with his father, a much more intimidating figure, and so I can't see him having difficulties in calling out his brother.

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