Chapter 28
When Faith eventually woke up later in the day Legolas was still beside her. "How is it you don't close your eyes?"
"Elves do not need sleep as mortals do."
"You've got it all haven't you? Immortal, don't need sleep. Only drawback is the ears." She chuckled.
"You do not like my ears?" He asked, pretending to be offended.
"They're well y'know, a little weird."
"I do not..."
Legolas was interrupted by a knock on the door.
"If that's Pelarden, tell him that just cos his manners have improved doesn't mean I wanna see him." Faith muttered as she pushed Legolas up to answer the knock.
"You should tell him, not I."
"Hello, like injured here?" She said shoving Legolas off the bed. "Just answer the door!"
Eowyn stood outside with a plate of food. "I am glad that you have returned Faith. We were worried."
"Don't worry about me - I'm pretty indestructible." Faith commented as she started eating.
"Indeed." Eowyn commented with a laugh in her eyes. "Then what great creature gave you these injuries?"
Faith scowled at her before answering. "A horse."
"A horse?" Eowyn asked incredulously. "You who slew a Ringwraith is defeated by a horse?"
"Yeah yeah don't rub it in. Horses and me don't mix." Faith answered with gleam in her eye. "I even got Elf boy thrown from his yesterday."
Eowyn turned to face Legolas laughing. "Is this true Prince Legolas?"
Legolas muttered something about leaving the two of them together before turning to depart, Faith picked up a piece of fruit and threw it at the back of his head. "That's for waking me up in the middle of the night!" She called.
Legolas made his way from the Houses of Healing to where Gimli and the rest of the fellowship were. Part of him was elated the other part devastated. All he knew was that he wanted Faith to be with him here on middle earth, not in her own world of constant danger.
"You seem troubled Legolas." Gimli commented when he saw his friend. "We heard it was you who found Faith."
Legolas nodded in response, sitting down beside Gimli.
"Pelarden seems to want your head! What were you doing?"
"I was watching her sleep."
"Watching her sleep!" Exclaimed Gimli. "Why?"
"I do not want her to leave."
"This is a change of heart for you my friend. What caused this?"
"I do not know." Legolas answered reluctant to reveal the truth behind Faith's encounter with the Ringwraith. He paused before continuing, "I saw what she does Gimli. I saw what her world is. I did not understand before. I do not envy her in her task."
"Gandalf has said that she must return."
"I know."
When Faith eventually woke up later in the day Legolas was still beside her. "How is it you don't close your eyes?"
"Elves do not need sleep as mortals do."
"You've got it all haven't you? Immortal, don't need sleep. Only drawback is the ears." She chuckled.
"You do not like my ears?" He asked, pretending to be offended.
"They're well y'know, a little weird."
"I do not..."
Legolas was interrupted by a knock on the door.
"If that's Pelarden, tell him that just cos his manners have improved doesn't mean I wanna see him." Faith muttered as she pushed Legolas up to answer the knock.
"You should tell him, not I."
"Hello, like injured here?" She said shoving Legolas off the bed. "Just answer the door!"
Eowyn stood outside with a plate of food. "I am glad that you have returned Faith. We were worried."
"Don't worry about me - I'm pretty indestructible." Faith commented as she started eating.
"Indeed." Eowyn commented with a laugh in her eyes. "Then what great creature gave you these injuries?"
Faith scowled at her before answering. "A horse."
"A horse?" Eowyn asked incredulously. "You who slew a Ringwraith is defeated by a horse?"
"Yeah yeah don't rub it in. Horses and me don't mix." Faith answered with gleam in her eye. "I even got Elf boy thrown from his yesterday."
Eowyn turned to face Legolas laughing. "Is this true Prince Legolas?"
Legolas muttered something about leaving the two of them together before turning to depart, Faith picked up a piece of fruit and threw it at the back of his head. "That's for waking me up in the middle of the night!" She called.
Legolas made his way from the Houses of Healing to where Gimli and the rest of the fellowship were. Part of him was elated the other part devastated. All he knew was that he wanted Faith to be with him here on middle earth, not in her own world of constant danger.
"You seem troubled Legolas." Gimli commented when he saw his friend. "We heard it was you who found Faith."
Legolas nodded in response, sitting down beside Gimli.
"Pelarden seems to want your head! What were you doing?"
"I was watching her sleep."
"Watching her sleep!" Exclaimed Gimli. "Why?"
"I do not want her to leave."
"This is a change of heart for you my friend. What caused this?"
"I do not know." Legolas answered reluctant to reveal the truth behind Faith's encounter with the Ringwraith. He paused before continuing, "I saw what she does Gimli. I saw what her world is. I did not understand before. I do not envy her in her task."
"Gandalf has said that she must return."
"I know."