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[livingmyths]

It was a beautiful sunny day, so Rain took advantage of it to wander out into the forest. It didn't take her long to reach the clearing by the river and wade out to one of the big rocks in the river. She set out a blanket there, in a curved spot of the rock just perfect for curling up in, and settled down with a book to enjoy the sun as long as it lasted.

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[sharpeyedwarf]

"Oh. I'm sorry."

[livingmyths]

"It's okay," she said with a sigh. "He would have hated ending up in a hospital or one of those places for old people. He'd been living on the streets too long to feel safe in a place like that. I think he must have been happy to die in his sleep."

She considered for a moment, staring up at the sky. "Sometimes I think that he maybe went to one of the beautiful places in his stories when he died. I hope so."

[sharpeyedwarf]

Kili thinks about this and then nods in agreement. "That sounds like a good way to go."

[livingmyths]

"I think so," Rain said. "Though I'd rather be out in the woods or a place like this, than on the streets."

[sharpeyedwarf]

"I .. don't know where I'd like to be. Maybe in battle?"

[livingmyths]

"I don't think I'd like that," Rain said slowly. "But if that's what you want, I hope you get it?"

[sharpeyedwarf]

"It's what happens to all the great dwarves in the stories." Which is his way of saying he wants it.

He thinks.

[livingmyths]

"It would be like being a part of a story yourself," said Rain. "I'd kind of like to be part of a story someday."