Ada,
Tauriel had to explain something to me today. Kili's runestone.
I walked along the gardens, trying to find my beloved. I was wandering through the small paths in the woods when I heard tears splashing into a small pond, and voices. I turned, pushing through the bushes, and when I saw her, I stopped short.
She was sitting by a pond with a male elf by her side. "Gilornor, promises cannot be fulfilled in one word. They were not fixed!" She was weeping, and turning a small carved stone in her hand. Gilornor's blonde hair, falling to his shoulders, was draped over her shoulders as he rocked her back and forth. "Tauriel, do you remember how Boromir fell? The last words upon his lips were the last words that he ever had to say. He proved his loyalty to Aragorn." "My last word to Kili was not true, nor was it the last word I needed to say!"
Gilornor looked at her, smiling sadly. "I heard his last words. I saw what happened. You did not lie, nor did you leave promises empty." I stared at him, wondering how he was there for her, knowing things that even I did not know. Why was he comforting her when I could not?
"I need Lindir." Tauriel said, flipping the stone and letting it fall, trapping it under her foot. "He is standing to your left." Gilornor said, and he motioned for me to come closer. "Meleth, I'm right here. What is wrong?" She pulled herself off of Gilornor's lap, lying on the ground, her auburn hair spinning slowly through the water. "Kili." She said, his name breaking in the middle as she gasped another breath. "Tauriel, if you need me, Mellon, I will be in my room in the Greenwood. I am leaving today." Gilornor said, smiling hopefully at her and turned away, walking back to Imladris.
I looked her in the eye, and took her hands. "Tell me everything, I promise I will not be angered." She shivered and looked up at me.
"Kili gave me his runestone when he fell, and I told him I could have loved him in one word. Yes. When Legolas was choosing a name for our child, he knew I wanted to honor Kili, and he picked Starlight Maiden because Kili said I was the woman that walked in Starlight. Now all that I can think of is how I lied to him! I could not have loved him. I only shared a single kiss with him, and I only told him that I loved him once! Gilwen was what he wanted to name our child. That was what he said before we fought, and now I cannot stop thinking of him!"
I kissed her softly, reassuring her that I was not angry. "I respect Kili. I think we should honor him, naming our child for him."
Tauriel smiled at me through her tears. "Our child. Gilwen."
I smiled back, kissing her tears away. I pulled her up to stand, and I started walking back. She smiled and rushed towards me, pulling her daggers out as she ran. I laughed and twirled my dagger in my hand.
We dueled all the way back to Imladris, sparks flying. When we got to the main road, she twirled and kicked my blade out of my hand. She smiled and put the flat sides of her daggers against my neck. I laughed. "I surrender." I said, and all the elves on the streets applauded, laughing. I picked my dagger up off the ground, and she took my hand. When we got back to our room, she went straight to the bed, curling up as if she was a small child.
I walked over to her and sang her song to her, singing her to sleep.
Boe I'waen,
Lindir