Restoration and Rebuilding Instadrabbling by Lindariel

Five

prompt: Action on behalf of life transforms. Because the relationship between self and the world is reciprocal, it is not a question of first getting enlightened or saved and then acting. As we work to heal the earth, the earth heals us. - Robin Wall Kimmerer

Eregion, 1700 Second Age

As the moon rose above the mountain, ithildin veins began to glow, revealing the western gates of Hollin. Celebrían scooped the last spadeful of dirt out of the second hole and looked at her mother expectantly. "Now what, mother?"

"Now we replant the trees that gave this land its name," replied Galadriel. Galadriel held the holly sprig in cupped hands, breathed on it gently, then set it in the hole. She filled her silver ewer with water from the lake and carefully watered the sprig. As it took root and began to grow, Celebrían mirrored her movements, and Galadriel smiled.