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    He should be happy that he earned everything he wanted in the end. His brother returning alive to him, Middle Earth saved from a grave threat, the King returning and Gondor restored to its former glory. He lost many friends but made new ones. It’s the best ending he could ask for, and yet…

    He was not happy.

    The wounds are healing but they still ache. The things he locked away in a carefully crafted compartment burst free. In the quiet brought by peace, the noise inside his head grew loud. Now there was more time to think about the complexities of his relationships, to absorb the shock of his father’s deeds throughout his life.

    The sin weighed heavy in his heart, sealed tight with the oath of silence he swore to his Lord. It’s getting harder and harder to keep up with the façade, to ignore the tremors, the flightiness, the fatigue, the anxiety.

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