The pure light falling endlessly like rain by Himring
Fanwork Notes
Written for an Insta-drabbling session on the SWG Discord.
For the prompt see the end notes.
The drabble alludes to the deeply disturbing experience the Darkening must have been.
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Summary:
Long afterwards, Elemmire speaks to a stranger about his most well-known work, the lament for the Two Trees.
Major Characters: Elemmírë
Major Relationships:
Genre: Fixed-Length Ficlet
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Rating: General
Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 100 Posted on Updated on This fanwork is complete.
The pure light falling endlessly like rain
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I kept writing the Aldudenie for a long time.
I began composing it during the Unlight. If you have not experienced that—it was so soon after the Death of the Trees, but already it was impossible to remember them. I could not imagine the heat of Laurelin or see the light dripping from her branches, whether I opened my eyes or closed them. The first version was desperate conjuration.
I composed it again, when the Unlight receded and the memories of light clawed their way back.
I composed it again when Arien showed me how much I had forgotten.
Chapter End Notes
The prompt was:
not even the heat of your blood, nor the pure / light falling endlessly from you, like rain, / could stay in my memory there / or comfort me then.
(From: Galway Kinnell, The Comfort of Darkness)
The title is taken from this.
100 words in MS Word
