Lumiel woke up in the early afternoon, to her surprise as she stretched and yawned, gazing out the window sleepily. She went to a small basin of water and washed her face, feeling more awake now. She combed her hair to a glossy sheen and put on her dark green tunic and leggings, and her dark brown boots. She wrapped her cloak around her sword to hide it safely beside her new pink dress. As she was doing this, she recalled her dream about Farin, and was unsure whether or not it had been bad. She contemplated this and came up with as good an answer as any, talking to herself.
"It was a good dream, good to see Farin again. Even if it was only a dream. It was the waking that was bad. That's what brings reality back into agonizingly sharp detail."
She sighed and finished getting ready, then straightened her room. When she was done, she left her room and went downstairs for some breakfast. After a small breakfast (she still felt full from the night before), she went out for a walk to enjoy the peaceful land.
A little later she came back, feeling refreshed and energized. She took a seat at an empty table and as she looked around the Green Dragon, she saw Merry and Pippin, and a smile came to her face as she recalled their deeds.
"Hail, good sirs! Quite a party last night, eh?"
Merry and Pippin looked up at Lumiel's voice and laughed, remembering the night before, "Yes, m'lady. I saw you dancing, you dance well!" said Merry. "Aye, if your dancing skill was as grand as my appetite, you'd be a rival for any hobbit! So to speak. But there isn't a hobbit alive that can eat out me an' Merry!" added Pippin.
"Well, I saw quite a few of Sam's young brood that would make you eat your words! So to speak as well. We haven't been properly introduced before, my name is Lumiel. And you two are Merry and Pippin, if I recall correctly the infamous names of the Shire's biggest trouble-makers!" replied Lumiel, laughing jovially, with it ringing melodiously in the tavern. Merry and Pippin laughed the same. Lumiel enjoyed the company of these hobbits, there were more down to earth, easier to identify with, than some of the elves she had met. But thinking on that, she realized that her discomfit around the elves was probably because she was nervous that she wouldn't fit in among her own kind.
[ January 18, 2003: Message edited by: Lumiel ]
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