Painless awakening -- The Quest Continues...

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Subject: Painless awakening

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Aragorn

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Date Posted: 21:44:50 04/14/02 Sun

A cool breeze blew over his face and the king awoke.
The first thing that struck him was that he was alive. The second, that he felt no joy at this discovery.
Something was missing.
Arwen.
His eyes flicked open and someone grasped his hand. Legolas sat by his bedside watching him anxiously.
Aragorn smiled at him weakly, "you came". His hand was squeezed, "I knew you would."
A moment of silence passed before Aragorn asked, "has Gimli returned?" A head shake.
"How about Bergil?" Aragorn asked, to fill the void rather than out of any real desire to know the answer, after all Bergil had only left that morning.
"And Arwen?" he asked, heart in mouth.
"I do not know."
The heart fell and once more a there was a fatal silence.
He could not just lie there and enjoy Legolas's company.
"I'm sorry, he whispered. "If I could just..." Aragorn stopped, lacking the words to continue but they both knew what he meant. "Thank you for returning."

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