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Who: Maedhros & YOU
Broadcast: Fleet-Wide.
Action: Open to HS Marsiva.
When: Morning.

(Marsiva's hospitality cannot erase what Maedhros has endured. He is dressed cleanly and his hair is braided neatly and away from his face. Even his burns have been healed with minimal scarring. But there is something untamed in his eyes.

Something that burns like a hungry, desperate fire.)

...why? (His low voice resonates clearly, cutting through the air with ease. He needn't ever shout.) Surely these quarters are not located within the Halls of Mandos?

(He feels life flowing within him and it is wrong. Lifting his only fist, he hits the nearest wall, clenching his teeth.)

Do not trap my fëa. Arda is safer with me dead.

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It is alright. [ He assures him ]

I love you, Nelyo, truly. I understand, why you had to go. My forgiveness you had the day I realised I felt the same, only I was too much a coward to try.

You? A coward? (That has him gazing at Maglor hard.) You have never been a coward. I was the one who took the easy path.

I... was afraid of the dark. I could not... bring myself to follow...

Good! Your fear of it is a sign that you wish to live.

[ He blinks back, confused ]

But I... thought I was too much a coward to follow

Living is difficult; impossible at times. Dying is easy. There is the initial fear, but it does not last.

Oh... You... really think so?

I do not lie to you.

Thank you, Nelyo.

There is nothing to thank. I tell you the truth, my brave brother.

I never... I always felt... that I was... the coward... who could not protect any of you.

You were never alone in feeling that way. I...blamed myself every minute.

[ A soft, humorless laugh ]

We are quite a pair, are we not.

A pair that is well-suited. (His gaze is helplessly affectionate.)

"I would it no other way." Maglor agrees wryly.

I would change our circumstances, but never our bond.

Nor I - And.... [ shyly ] It was... not all bad, was it?

No. (How could it be?) There are memories I would not trade for the world.

Nor would I. [ He smiles back a little sadly ]

To take the bitter and the sweet together... such is life.

Then let us keep them. (And protect them fiercely.)

If I had a choice, I would choose no other to be closest to me.

Not even Finno? [ he points out wryly ]

Finno is not my brother. (He swallows back regret; regret he does not wish to examine too closely. All he knows is that it has nothing to do with Maglor.)

[ Maglor smiles at his brother, understanding what he does not say ]

There is nothing like the bond of brothers.

No. It stands alone. (And the bond and love are fierce.) No one can replace you.

Nor you. I would not change brothers for all the world.

[ it was all that kept him going, and Maglor has not realised until he has Maedhros back how much he has needed his presence and support ]

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