I like that. It's well thought out: Gwindor's state of mind at this time and Celebrimbor and his smithing and dwarven maps; a friendship under strain, but a true one.

A well-written fic. The interactions between Celebrimbor and Gwindor is realistic, and Celebrimbor's POV makes Gwindor's (terribly broken) state of mind a lot more vivd than if the fic was actually in Gwindor's POV!

You've used the 'less is more' policy in a masterful manner here, and I love how a few words convey so much.

Well done, and thank you for the lovely story!

I really like this fic. It's sad with a growing sense of things falling apart, or about to. There's a lot going on below the surface, and I think it's all the more effective because you don't make it explict -- the emotion kind of creeps up on you and pounces.

I like the way you've written both characters here.