Well, made it to Bree. Not gonna lie, things crashed fast back in Esgaroth. I recommended calling off the job, but the Boss said do it anyway. Thing is, trying to "acquire" something from a diplomat from Gondor was gonna bring the pikers down on us. Whose idea was that anyway? We were a Smuggler's Guild, not a Thieves Guild. I mean, a lot of what we did wasn't smuggling, but high-profile jobs like that? Don't send a smuggler to do that, send someone with experience. Like myself, for instance.

Dragonfly - Click to Listen

He composes a piece for the first time in a while. It comes to him easy and flowing, to capture the mood of her. Yellow, with thick and deep, distinctive blue kept always around her, like a shield. Composure.

He called the piece "Dragonfly" for the moment around which it was written. The small creature saved from the river, and then untangled from spider webs by Aerluinil who watched it fly free.

I think I need a baby sitter. I am 42 years of age and cannot be trusted to be a proper adult.

I want to be happy. Just once. Please. Wolf came back, or so I thought. He was alive. This entire time. I found out why he didn't tell me. He married a woman and she is with child. He came here scouting for a place to settle, not looking for me. Bastard even slept with me and told me he loved me. I became enamored with a Haradrim lad, but alas, he cared not for me and instead more for this wretched woman with a sickeningly sweet demeanour, unaware of the hurt she is causing my poor old heart.

It is secondary. 

Patient: Man, female, young adult
Syndrome: Unnatural scarring
Treatment: Skin removal

Eachna's father was a kindly, respected older gentleman of the nobility. He had placed himself in many situations benefiting himself and his family, at least, politically speaking. He had worked hard to bring his father's decrepit estate back from the brink of ruin. His connections were scholarly, political, and in trade. He was known for his generosity to those less fortunate, and for his hobbies of philosophy and herbalism. He had done well for himself, in the eyes of others.

But he had, in those eyes, a failing which could not be ignored.