I see her staring across the vast sea, into the West, where her kin passed so many years ago. To Valinor. It grieves me to think of the heaviness that must weigh on her heart whenever she thinks of her father, and yet...I am so grateful that she chose mortality, to be with me. I love her more than anything on Middle Earth, she is my queen, my goddess, my Evenstar. I loved her ever since I first saw wandering the woods of Rivendell and cried out to her, I would do anything to keep her with me.
And yet, that would be so cruel, to keep her here where her death is certain, while in Valinor her beauty would shine forever.
She turns, as if sensing my thoughts, and sees me. She smiles, her beautiful, enchanting smile that is always touched with the traces of sorrow. The Havens are empty now, Elessar, no ship could take me into the West.
My voice is soft. Do you regret your choice now, Evenstar?
She is silent, and I dread her answer.
But then she speaks, and her answer fills me with joy. she says, no. For I love you with all my heart, and I chose my fate long ago, in Lorien. And were I to choose anew, I would not choose otherwise.
Together we watch the starlight on the Western Seas.
