005; Voice (Backdated to the Seventh)

[utulien_aure]

Private to Elfhouse residents + Anakin

Check in, all of you. And Curvo, Kano, you should come home.

[A pause, then] There's something wrong with Maitimo.

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(Video)

[stonebird]

What's happened? Is he injured? (Something tells her it is worse than that. But that can't be.)

(Video)

[utulien_aure]

Not so far as I can tell.

[He sounds exhausted already; Maedhros will have to be taking a beauty sleep for both of them]

But he sleeps, and I cannot wake him.

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[stonebird]

I'm on my way. (Saying anymore like this will not be comforting or fruitful. She is breathless once she arrives and she seeks out Fingon, frowning.) May I see him?

(Action)

[utulien_aure]

[ He meets her at the door and nods grimly.]

Of course. He's this way.

[And he escorts her to the bedroom where Maedhros sleeps soundly]

(Action)

[stonebird]

(She squeezes his arm before she goes to Maedhros's slumbering form.)

His color is good. (Her hand finds one of the tall Elf's cheeks.) I've heard of this happening. Some go to sleep for...a long time. Days. Weeks. Then they wake up.

He should be alright.

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[utulien_aure]

[His color is always good may be accurate to Fingon's mind, but hardly either relevant or appropriate here.]

I'd ask what the city might get out of that, but somehow it feels as though I wouldn't like the answer.

[Tilting his head back.] But thank you. It's good to know there's precedent, even if I do not like this.

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[stonebird]

(She would agree! Maedhros is more than handsome, but she feels that way about all the Elves.)

If there even is an answer.

(She tucks the blankets around Maedhros, frowning faintly.)

I don't like it either, so you're not alone. Whenever you need a break, I don't mind sitting with him.

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[utulien_aure]

In it's own way, that would be even worse.

[A soft, sad laugh.]

You're welcome here any time, of course. There will likely be many of us coming in and out, though. You don't mind?

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[stonebird]

We can only depend on each other. If they do not wake him, we will find a way.

(She frowns a little, shaking her head.)

Aren't you the one who should mind?

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[utulien_aure]

We will. [He'll go to the gods if he has to. It wouldn't be the first time, in a way, though the Valar would probably be unimpressed with the comparison.]

I've done this before. [He explains simply. At Maedhros' bedside, surrounded by other worried relatives, uncertain what's going to happen... this is all very familiar.]

I hated it then, I'll hate it now. But I can deal with it, as I must.

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[stonebird]

I will go with you if that time comes. (She doesn't mind praying or begging. Her pride doesn't matter when compared to the life and happiness of one she loves.)

I'm sorry. (She reaches for his hand, clasping it between both of her own.) I love you and Maedhros loves you. He is here with us even if he cannot speak. He would want us to comfort each other.

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[utulien_aure]

To the gods? [Clearly, Sansa's become good at reading him.] I may need the company-not least to jab me in the side if I begin to say something stupid.

But if bargain we must, Sansa, let me do it. [As few of them as possible should take on a debt to these beings, and Sansa need not carry that burden.]

He would, Sansa. You are wise beyond your years.