Drabble: Star

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Waves chugged against the ship, blocking out the cry of seagulls. Each chug drummed it deeper into Elrond’s mind -- home…home…home.

He looked toward the West, into a deepening gloom. Will she be there, he wondered. How will it be?

He sensed before he saw the Ringbearer, pale and sober, slip beside him.

“It still seems like a bit of a dream. Only…I cannot seem to fathom when I fell asleep.”

“The sea can affect your senses thus. Do you feel pain still?”

Frodo touched his tender shoulder. “Not like before.” He smiled, and this time his smile reached his eyes.

The clouds shifted, and a star shed faint silvery light to the western sky.