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Title: Reasoning (#1077)
Author: Cadiliniel
Chapters: 1

Archive: Tolkien
Category: Lord of the Rings
Description: A drabble that could be from the POV of one of two people, in my mind.  I'll leave it up to you to see who you think it could be!
EDITED: because I'm can't keep consitancies even in a drabble o.0
Published: 06 Jul 2004
Updated: 06 Jul 2004
Warnings: 
Type: Romance
Characters: Finduilas, Denethor


Chapter 1 - Reasoning

DISCLAIMER:  These characters aren’t mine (I wish!).  They belong to Tolkien and no one else.  I wish only to do them justice in my writing, and hopefully amuse myself and those who read them.

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~~Reasoning~~

My brother asked me once why I love him.  I could not answer. 

He asked, sarcastically, if it was his grimness.  I could not answer.  His coldness?  I could not answer.  His distance?  I told him to stop his questioning.  How can he understand? 

I thought.  I considered his grimness, his coldness, his distance.  I smiled to think of him.  His kindess, his rare laugh, his arms that hold me so tightly and so safely.  Only I have those things, and so I told my brother why. 

“It doesn’t matter why I love him.  What matters is that I do.”
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