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[bythewaves]

Who: Maglor and YOU! Also Maedhros is likely around somewhere
Broadcast: Video from one of the planet Mine sites
Action: Forges!
When: Anytime during this stop

I must say the good folk of this stop are very kind - they have allowed my brother and I use of the mines and forges here in exchange for some trading. My brother and I are going to be working on some proper swords - if anyone else is inclined to a bladed weapon, we are happy to make you one as well.

Grandfather, Fingon, you needn't ask, but your help in the forges would be invaluable - Maedhros and I manage, of course, but neither of us are... what we were. And we have neither Father, nor Curvo, nor Tylepe here to point out everything we are doing wrong!

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[bythewaves]

Well, am writing. [ Maglor corrects himself ] Although I am done with the First Age and mostly through the Second, now.

Mm.... the calculations are not exact, but as a rough guide, I am some nine thousand six hundred, I think, and I was born... about halfway through the Years of the Trees, which preceded the First Age by... uh... about 30,000 years? I think.

And you never know - it might be amusing!

[noprophecies]

[how does she keep running into the older elves, gosh. She blinks a bit widely, unable to contain all of her surprise]

That . . . is quite a bit of time, goodness.

[bythewaves]

I suppose? [ Maglor grins a little abashedly ]

I never truly thought of it, I suppose. It is just what is.

[noprophecies]

It is a lot of time for someone who has only lived a fraction of that. [she smiles a bit and shrugs]

[bythewaves]

I suppose it must seem that way. [ He shrugs back shyly ]

It is not as great as it seems to be the one who has lived all those years.

[noprophecies]

Oh, I certainly believe that. [she did not like the idea of living hundreds of years, and her lifespan was only half that of a full elf] I am not looking forward to it.

[bythewaves]

It has its perks. [ Maglor says softly ]

In truth, I rarely notice it, until something brings it to mind. [ Like when those mortals he loves die ]

[noprophecies]

It is not something that comes up often for me, either. Very few people know how long my lifespan will be anyway. [she shrugs] Perks or no perks. It does not come up.

[bythewaves]

I think for those of us with such lives, we never consider it because it is simply something that is. It is only when we are faced with others, that it becomes an issue at all.

[noprophecies]

Mmm. My traveling party back home is made up of people similar - they either do not age as they should, or they will live long lives. It wasn't until I came here that it started becoming an - issue, as you say.

[bythewaves]

Even so. [ He agrees ]

Where were you travelling to, if you mind not me asking?

[noprophecies]

To visit someone, in the west. [it would be impolite to say "to the west to kill a witch"] My country is small, so it only takes a few days at most.

[bythewaves]

Ah, I see. Hopefully you will not find the trip here to be too inconveniencing for you!

[noprophecies]

I do not mind the traveling; I've traveled most of my life. It is being . . . mm, essentially stuck in one place until we stop that bothers me. And being cut off from things in between.

[bythewaves]

Mm, that can be wearying, this is true. Did you travel often, at home?

[noprophecies]

[she nods] Almost constantly. I would stop and stay in the capital during the winter months - I do not handle the cold well.

[bythewaves]

A wandering heart, eh? [ Maglor smiles ] I know that feeling well. And there is nought wrong with that!

When winter first begins to bite
and stones crack in the frosty night,
when pools are black and trees are bare,
'tis evil in the Wild to fare.

So said a fellow traveller, once, and I would have to agree.

[noprophecies]

[she quirks a smile]

I don't know if I would call myself a wandering heart, but the fellow traveller you speak of is wise. I traveled the north for a time and it was quite difficult - it is always cold up there.

[bythewaves]

Like you, he wrote from experience. [ Maglor nods ]

I, too, have lived enough winters on the road to prefer alternatives! Although summer can have it's problems too - grassfires were not uncommon in my lands.

[ It was what made the dragons so effective, he remembers ]

[noprophecies]

Mmm, the south experiences those often - where I primarily travel is nice during the summer, though; not too hot, and when it is the forests are still shaded enough that they provide decent cover.

[bythewaves]

Having suitable coverage does make a journey easier. [ Maglor nods ] Although they come with their own dangers, I must admit I prefer a good copse of trees for shelter.

[noprophecies]

Mm, as do I. I much prefer to camp out when I can, rather than finding an inn for the night. But only in the late spring and summer months, of course.

[bythewaves]

Agreed! Although autumn is not too bad, if it does not rain!

[noprophecies]

Mmm, though it is pleasant if it rains early in the season. So it is not too cold, but it is a nice reprieve from the summer heat.

[bythewaves]

Even so. And I love the way the leaves change colours down in the valleys, also.

Also, as a wanderer, autumn is good because there is plenty for a forager to find!