Chapter 7
As they prepared to board the ship Talar was starting to have doubts about her decision. She did not know if she had the strength to tear herself away from her brothers. Celin had bid the brothers farewell and boarded the ship, he knew Talar wanted to be alone with them when she said her goodbyes.
She turned to Rumil first, he had tears in his eyes and as she hugged him they began to roll slowly down his face. She went to Orophin next. He was crying openly and gave his sister an almost choking hug. She hugged him back and as he let her go he gave her a smile. Talar smiled back.
As she turned to Haldir, she gasped for air and started to chokingly sob. Haldir grabbed her and hugged her so tightly she thought he would never let her go. As Haldir was hugging her she could tell he was crying as well as his body was shaking. As Haldir slowly released her he kissed her forehead, "Namaarie."
As she turned to board the ship he grabbed her hand and put something in it. "Something to remember us by," he said. As she looked she realized it was a necklace that had been her mothers. It was too much. Talar felt as if she were going to drop to her knees and be unable to get back up.
Haldir seeing this grabbed her and embraced her one final time. "No more tears," he said. As he let her go she looked up and he smiled and winked at her. She smiled back and turned to board the ship. As Haldir watched the ship disappear into the distance, he was sure one day he would see her again. Until then, cormamin niuve tenna' ta elea lle au'. His heart would weep until he saw her again.
The End