I found her! Or... She found me. Or well, Barway found me? ANYHOW! Belle is fine, she has been in Bree all along. She put up notices and sent our searching parties and everything! I knew she had not just abandoned me, we might have our rivalries but she would never do that… I knew I should have stayed within the town walls, or at least near them, but frankly… I did not dare to. I spent one day in there, only a mere few hours actually, and there seemed to be all types of strange people… Masked men, drunk people in masses, I even think I spotted several elves! It was far too foreign, and I… well… I did not dare to stay there.
But that man, Barway, he found me randomly among the fields surrounding Bree. He told me that Belle was searching for me, though he had not actually met her yet. He was very kind, gave me some advice to go to a near village if I wanted to stay within civilization but keep away from Bree and even gave me some coin. He was looking for me in order to earn some coin, but still gave me some. And in the end, when Belle offered him the reward, he even declined it.
She seems to have settled in really well, got a job as a tailor in the crafting hall, got a lovely house (which reminds me so much of home…) and seems to have made several friends. I am yet to dare to join her into Bree to be introduced, but I am sure they are all lovely people. Will probably be like back at home whenever I was around her and her friends though, always being treated like a child… FEELING like a child. Will see what I can do about that. She cannot treat me like a child forever, despite being younger then her… I can take care of myself… When I want to!
~ Nal
