Celebrian reahced out a hand and touched Gwindor’s cheek without smiling. “You will be fine,” she told him softly. “Life will go on.”

There was nothing else she could say. Even those few words tired her and she was so weary. She was weary of the pleas from her children to stay, she was weary of the pain in Elrond’s eyes she saw whenever he looked at her, she was weary of hearing soft cries they thought she could not hear. She was just so tired of everything. She hardly had any words left now.