this is super fun.  You've painted a very visceral picture of a very scary time, and then ended it with a lovely little humorous stinger!  very tolkienesque (reminds me of "i liked white better")

Oh my hat! I was not expecting this! This would fit in so well with the delightful farce that is Ulmo and Ossë in BoLT! 

"He gave me a fish for my troubles." *snort*

Ooohh these are some very interesting ideas about the characters and the world! (Also, I'm definitely giggling at that ending)

Such a great idea! Adore that last line- yep. A fish. Great.

Not quite Gimli's, 'she gave me three'🤣🤣

They must have done a good job, under those nerve-racking circumstances, as the island got to the Bay of Eldamar all right.

I hope that fish was delicious.

The first sentence grabbed my imagination with the unusual idea of Ulmo being blind!  And this is such a fascinating story; the first person makes it feel like it actually happened, and the detail wishing Namo would watch over Elwe's spirit adds a realism to it!  This is going to live in my mind for a while.

(If I correctly understood the clue about Bilbo working on his book in this location, would you happen to have a Scavenger Hunt prompt for me?)