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Sigh. Beautiful. I like the idea that he eventually chose to sail rather than linger, and I can see it happening exactly this way. Reading this piece was like watching it on film. :)

In this story, you did a good job of portraying the world-weariness that produces "sea-longing" in Elves. Thranduil may be a king, but he misses his loved ones, and even an Elven-king can become weary of the world with the passage of time. The dialogue was as good as the characterization. Well done. Sincerely, Darkover

The real end to LOTR - Thranduil leaving these shores and this is so well done of course. I can visualise this absoultely cleary and identify more than I thought possilbe with his exhaustion in leading and constantly being the figurehead, never letting up and needing Galion to comfort him with assurances of friendship. Love your Galion.

Lovely! I love the way you depict the relationship between Galion and Thranduil in this piece. :)

BTW, your formatting is in a fuddle. It's all in italics. Thought you'd want to know, meldis. :)

Huzzah for a piece that looks beyond the charaters at stage front, and swiftly gives us insight through those less in Tolkien's focus. You've well-balanced both the intimacy and the positional difference between the two, suggesting Sam and Frodo weren't the only brothers across class lines...

Thanks for sharing!

wonderful! i love galion stories; he certainly doesn't get all the attention he deserves. i like how you built such a relationship in such a short time, too. and thranduil was very relate-able. very well done!

And thank the powers that be for Galion. He lasted a long time, and thankfully he has his friend to help him make it "home".