Collection of Potluck Drabbles by Artano

Timeless/Vigil/Flecked/Heron

Finrod brushes his hand over the reeds surrounding him, the river bubbling before.  The letter he had received from Aegnor requesting advice was troubling: It told of two wanderers meeting at a blessed lake, and love at first sight.  But the woman's life was not timeless.  How could this end well for either?  She would eventually die, and his brother would be left heartbroken.

Brow furrowed, he murmurs aloud, "I will set my vigil and place myself here until you shall reveal wisdom, Ilúvatar."

Disturbed by his voice, a brown heron, her wings flecked with white, rises into the sky.