AN: Again a thank you to grumpy123 for the review. And annother to Sivaroobini Lupin-Black. As regards last chapter, yes, it was written with the Three Hunters in mind, but for timeline purposes, I could not use Eomer. So instead, I made the whole new-name thing a Rohan custom (not a bad assumption considering how Eomer re-names Aragorn, Grima re-names Gandalf, and a person's name was how they were known and thus VERY important to a culture that still relies mostly on oral tradition.) Also, I needed to have some sort of intervening name before we get to . . .
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"My Lord Thorongil!" Gondor's captain checked his pace as he heard his name shouted behind him. The star broach on his right shoulder bumped slightly against his collarbone as Thorongil executed a smooth turn.
Denethor smiled as he approached the soldier. "You walk as though Umbar itself is fleeing from you," he commented. "There is no need to chase what is fixed in place."
"But not in time," Thorongil replied. "I would see Gondor safe, and soon. Before . . ." The captain trailed off, slightly distressed at to whom he had almost revealed himself.
"Before you claim what is yours," the Steward's son whispered.
"I claim nothing," Thorongil answered, hand automatically hovering over the pendant hanging beneath his leather shirt. "I have no right. Not anymore."
"You mean 'not yet,'" Denethor corrected.
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AN: So there you have it. Denethor knows, Aragorn knows that he knows. Three guesses as to what Aragorn does when he gets back from Umbar. Review and tell me what you guess, oh, and any other comments/ criticisms will be just as welcome.