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Frodo was wandering around Rivendell.

This was not surprising; he hadn't been sent home in a sack.

It probably had something to do with his being the ringbearer.

How he wished that Merry and Pippin were going with him.

It might not have been his original plan, but now wandering aimlessly in an elven garden, he longed for their company.

Bilbo was good company, but slept more than Frodo had any particular inclination to do.

Then there was Sam, Gandalf, and yes, even Strider; but even such good friends couldn't make up for the mischievous earnestness of his cousins.

"Frodo?"

Frodo turned to face the newcomer, and saw he was Boromir from the council: one of the eight going with him to Mordor.

"Yes?" answered Frodo.

"I came to speak with you," said Boromir, rather unnecessarily.

"What do you want to speak about?" asked Frodo.

"Nothing in particular," answered the Gondorian. "I thought you might be lonely."

"Thank you, Boromir," said Frodo, who had been lonely.

There was a long pause.

"What should we talk about?" asked Frodo.

"What is this Shire of yours like?" suggested Boromir.

"Well," began Frodo, and launched into a description of the Shire which lasted until it was time for dinner.

"Very interesting," said Boromir, as the walked down the various hallways of Imladris which happened to lead to their dinner. "We are rather differant in Gondor."

"In what ways?"

And so Boromir told Frodo a great deal about Gondor.

"It's beautiful, Frodo," he was saying. "All of it; from the great tower of Minas Tirith, to Ithillien, where my brother gaurds against the enemy..."

"You have a brother?" asked Frodo.

"Yes, I do," said Boromir, and, anticipating the hobbit's next question, added, "His name is Faramir."

"And what is he like?"

And so Boromir told Frodo about Faramir, and about a good many things in the course of the evening.

And Frodo was glad for his friendship.

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A/N: I'm stuck; who should replace M. and P.? Elrond had mentioned something about elves...

~Princess Arimae