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[marriedanidiot]

Nerdanel looks... unusually frazzled.

"I... have any others had any visions? I... I fear something terrible is about to happen..."

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[marriedanidiot]

I don't know, my dear. [ She sighs ]

I wish I had better answers!

[so_dark_a_road]

[ He looks lovingly upon his mother's face. ]

I wish I had better answers, too.

[marriedanidiot]

[ She smiles at him fondly ]

Where are you, my Atarinke? Can your mother request a hug?

[so_dark_a_road]

[ He smiles back. ]

I would love to give you a hug, Amil! I'm still in Cabin 2:A, since I just woke up. You can come to me, or I can come to you, whichever you prefer.

[marriedanidiot]

Why don't I come to you then, yonya? I don't think I have seen your cabin, yet.

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[so_dark_a_road]

[ A rush of affection comes over him at the sound of that old appellation. Yonya means "big boy!" ]

All right! I'll be right here.

[ He unlocks the door and wedges his tool satchel in it so that it can't lock itself again. His mother should not have to knock. He combs his wild black hair while he waits. ]

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[marriedanidiot]

((ooc: lol actually it's a contraction - yondo = son + onya = my child -> yondonya => yonya))

[ A smile and Nerdanel turns off the ICP and gets up, going to knock on his door ]

Are you causing trouble for your roommates, my Atarinke?

[so_dark_a_road]

[ OOC: Maybe it means "my childish adult son"? XD ]

[ Curufin hears the knock, puts the comb down on his bunk, and pulls the door open. He smiles brightly at his mother, and a few uncombed locks of his hair straggle down his shoulders. ]

Me, cause trouble for my roommates? [ He points at his chest in a who, me? gesture. ] No, unless you count my falling out of my bunk with a great racket, before that other mission when I woke from a prophetic dream. This time, the dream didn't startle me so much.

How are you doing, Mother?

[marriedanidiot]

Well enough.

[ She smiles, reaching out to tidy his hair for him ]

And I am surprised, my darling, as you were never comfortable without a forge, so long as I knew you!

[so_dark_a_road]

Visionary experiences are often disturbing. I'm here for you if you need to talk more about yours.

[ He grins engagingly when she takes over tidying his hair. ]

You're right about that, I never felt quite complete without forging tools, fine materials, and a shop to work in. I have some of my tools, though not all. I brought them with me onto the train. But materials are scarce, and so is work space. But I'd never make my roommates pay for those lost opportunities! I try to find other activities to absorb my considerable energy and general restlessness, so I don't annoy my cabinmates with my hyperactivity.

[marriedanidiot]

Ah, my little inventor has grown up a good deal, I see.

[ She smiles at him fondly ]

I am glad to see it. And how are you entertaining yourself, my dear?

[so_dark_a_road]

You're right, I have grown up a lot since those long past days.

[ He smiles back, adoringly. ]

I mostly entertain myself by interacting with people. But I always seize the opportunity to craft an item, if there's the need and the materials. And I dance when I can, and I play my flute, and I even skated on the ice once, when the train turned the garden coach into a winter scene and froze the pond!

[marriedanidiot]

I don't think you've played your flute for me yet, my Atarinke.

[ HINT HINT ]

[so_dark_a_road]

You're right, I haven't. [ He reaches for his satchel and pulls out the flute. He smiles at his mother and then sets it to his lips. And this is something like the flute music that he produces. ]

[marriedanidiot]

[ She settles down beside him to listen, smiling ]

You have improved. [ She says when he finishes ]

Makalaure must be pleased!

[so_dark_a_road]

[ He plays through to the end of the composition, and then lowers the flute and smiles at his mother. ]

Thank you. I've had the opportunity to practice a lot, since I left our world. I hope Makalaurë is pleased! He did get me started on being an instrumentalist, back in those early years of my childhood. I always tried to take his advice and his teachings to heart.

[marriedanidiot]

I'm glad.

[ She says wistfully ]

I wish sometimes, that I had gone with you. I missed so much of your lives.

[so_dark_a_road]

I wish sometimes that you had come with us, too. We missed you. I missed you. And yet. . . it was some comfort to us, knowing that you were safe in Tirion. But if you had been there, you'd have been part of the story of our Beleriand years, our small triumphs and our spectacular failures. Maybe it's better that you weren't? I can't say.

[marriedanidiot]

Mm. [ She sighs ]

Sometimes, I wonder if I might have stopped you... or... at least mitigated some of the harm...

[so_dark_a_road]

[ He sighs, too. ]

I wonder if you could have. We all loved you so, maybe we'd have listened to you. But I don't know. That terrible Oath had such a fierce hold on us. And the harm was done before finally, belatedly, I figured out that I did not have to remain a slave to the Oath.

[marriedanidiot]

Yes. [ She sighs ] I suppose we will never know. [ She says sadly ]

Want to wrap this one?

[so_dark_a_road]

We'll never know. All we can do is live our lives now, according to the best directives of our hearts. [ He wraps his arms around her again. ] I love you, Amil.

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[marriedanidiot]

"My little Atarinke has grown wise."

She smiles fondly at him.

"I love you too, yonya"