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Blame (Bilbo)

"The first to leave home"

He watched as his nephew and the other young Hobbits walked off with the big folk, on their way to an adventure he was sure would dwarf his own – if you would pardon the pun – as they carried his small trinket to the fires in the heart of the darkest place on Middle Earth, even darker than the forest with its overgrown spiders. And he felt guilty. After all, it was entirely his fault that the youngsters had to do this. They were paying for his rash decision all those years ago, when he was the first to leave home.

Exactly 100 words. Thanks to DarylDixon'sgirl1985 for this one! More prompts are very welcome (please use the form Theme, Character, "Prompt" e.g. Blame, Bilbo, "The first to leave home"). No OCs please, but any other character, however obscure, is welcome.

Oh yeah, if anyone's interested I'm now accepting fic requests. More details are on my profile.

Tsari