It was nearly sunset. Lasdir sat down on one of the benches. His shift was over. Now he just had to wait for the other guard to arrive. Curuon- it meant Cunning male in Sindarin. Curuon was a thinker, a strategist, but not a particularly good fighter. He was also a Wood Elf- not a High Elf. Overall, he was of a much lower cast than Lasdir was.
Celibana walked out of the hut, as gracefully as she entered. For once, Lasdir payed a closer bit of attention to the way she looked, the way she was. Her blonde hair waved in the wind. She was average height, unlike him, but she made up for it with her shoes. He stopped. He knew what it would lead to. But… he felt like he couldn't…
He would save it for another day. But he got up and followed her- his duty, after all, to escort the family of Celeborn. And anyway, he would've if he hadn't been feeling weird lately. He followed her back to the Palace. Curuon was running late, as usual. He guided her up and she went inside and talked to Celeborn. He heard- he got to hear everything.
"So… I did… really well in the magic test," said Celibana.
"How well? What do you mean, really well? Over a 90?" asked Celeborn, in full knowledge that the highest ever score was Galadriel's 94. But, as of today, only two people knew that that was now incorrect knowledge.
"I got a 97! Which means, I have the strongest magic of any High Elf since the test was instituted in the Second Age!" excitedly said Celibana, with reason to say so. A 97 means she was so skilled in magic, she could probably rearrange the stone in a wall to form a tunnel made out of solid gold- without any practice. She only had to make a wish.
Celeborn didn't respond- he was clearly shocked that Celibana did so well that she even exceeded Galadriel. As that happened, Curuon started to walk up the hill. He couldn't listen in like Lasdir could- he wasn't as high class. So Lasdir went in, quickly informed Celeborn and Celibana that his shift was over, and departed to look at the stars. All night, as he looked at the stars, he could only see Celibana's face.
