Epilogue

"Ada?"

"Yes, Eldarion?"

"Do you, by any chance, have a very long length of rope and some glue?"

"Why?"

"Uncle Elladan and Uncle Elrohir are coming to visit."

"Bottom drawer on the left."

"Thank you."

"And if your mother asks, I did not tell you."

"And I did not ask you."

"I am glad I have passed on my good sense of self-preservation to you, ion. For both our sakes."

Fin