What Once Was by cuarthol

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Fanwork Notes

For the Instadrabble prompt: We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise, we harden. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Fanwork Information

Summary:

What was lost cannot be restored, but something new can always be found

Major Characters: Original Character(s), Original Male Character(s), Avari, Dwarves, Elves

Major Relationships:

Genre: Ficlet, General

Challenges: Restoration and Rebuilding

Rating: General

Warnings:

Chapters: 1 Word Count: 253
Posted on 20 August 2022 Updated on 20 August 2022

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What Once Was

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He turned his arm over and back several times, getting a feel for the new weight.

“How does it feel?” Hanar asked, watching the Elf carefully.

“I am not certain yet,” Murien replied.  It would take time.  For now it felt cumbersome and awkward.  But he added, “I am hopeful.”

That brought a twinkle of delight to the Dwarf’s eyes and he nodded once.  “Good.  Hope is half of healing.”

Murien gave him a little lop-sided smile and let the arm rest in his lap.  “You say I can still draw my bow with this?”

“With practice,” Hanar corrected.  “I would not think you could go out hunting at noon and be fed by dinner.  But with practice, aye, you may.”

Murien nodded, but sighed.  It was not truly what his heart longed for.  It was necessary, but not his desire.  He looked at the end of the arm where it ended in a carved hand, the fingers bent into a slight hook that could pull a string but not twist cording, not grasp a branch, not...

“I am grateful to you and your folk,” he said, cutting off his own dark thoughts he was unwilling to fall further into.

The Dwarf put a hand on his shoulder and squeezed softly.  “I know we could not give you back what you had.  But I am glad we could do something.”

Murien leaned forward and pressed a kiss to his head.  “I will forever hold your people in my heart for it.”

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I like dwarves as makers of prostheses, I think it's very fitting. And Hanar is so understanding ans supportive. Murien would rather have his real hand back, of course, but he recognises it is not posdible and that Hanar made something for him that is going to help him.

Aw, I love it any time you write about your OCs. This is such a nice relationship moment. I love Murien's combined gratitude for Hanar's gift and disappointment that he cannot have his real hand back.