It's just lovely. I'll cherish this and some of your other stories for a long time to come!

I think this might be my all-time favorite Bilbo story.

This one is more... melancholy? Is that the word you used? Yes, more melancholy than the previous chapters. I like it though!

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Wonderfully drawn word pictures to make our imaginations come alive. Would love to read more and I was disappointed when I came to the end.

Thoroughly, thoroughly lovely, and of course magnificently evocative. I love how slowly, subtly, skillfully you did the shifts of Bilbo's longing for the ring, as well. Just awesome.

Such a sweet friendship. There are definitely not enough stories about Aragorn and Bilbo together.

This was absolutely beautiful. I unfortunately am not as good with words as either Aragorn or Bilbo, so I can't quite express how this piece touched me... But suffice to say that it did, deeply. The underlying melancholy, the depth of the bond between the two, that sense that Bilbo is always, always missing something, and yet his strength and joy remain, bolstered by the love of a dear friend- everything just fit together. The entire piece reminds me of the end of LOTR- bittersweet, with the hope of perfect love in the end. Amazing work, thank you so much for sharing this!

When you mentioned flowers on the Pelennor fields, I immediately thought of poppies... poppies grow in Pelennor fields...
This one has that exact same note of mixed sadness and gladness.

I read this awhile back when I didn't have my own fanfic account, and I'm so glad I found it again. It's brilliant, a true masterpiece, and I'm so grateful you decided to share it with the world. There's something so poetic and lovely about your writing style.

This was absolutely beautiful! Very touching, had to blink away some tears from time to time. I think Bilbo is a very difficult character to write, but you do it very well. He is endearing, thoughtful, ditzy, sad, and so many other things, your Bilbo. I particularity love the way you let him think certain thoughts and then only say a single thought out loud and have Aragorn reacting to it as if this was a completely normal conversation :) beautifully written, thank you for sharing!

This is so lovely. Thank you!

Bilbo's song is one of my favourite ones in the book, and one I've sung to myself right from my first reading. I spotted each little quote scattered through the story like old friends.

Again, very poignant and melancholy, but a lovely touch with the characters and the little hidden scenes. Thank you.

What an excellent reason for Bilbo's rhyme about the Dunadan.