On possibly being taken back to Paradisa. Canon is Dark is Rising Sequence

[beyondimagining]

 A return to that castle?  Are you quite sure?  

I must, of course, go where my duty leads me.  And I would be very happy indeed to meet with the Lady again.

But I do not think I entirely like the sound of this second loss.

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[inafadingcrown]

I am seldom overfond of their plans. [A soft smile breaks through] But there will be one, at least, to welcome you, should you return. You have been missed.

[beyondimagining]

That is the one thing I am glad of, in this. It has been very lonely here.

[inafadingcrown]

You have been lonely too often, my friend. [Have been or will be. Time is complicated for her, something she's rather sure he'll understand.]

[beyondimagining]

I think that that is something that I must become used to.

[inafadingcrown]

Mayhaps; it is oft the fate of those who bear great burdens. Yet if I may prevent it for a time, I would gladly do so.

[lightbranded]

It is my duty.

[He smiles.]

But still, I am glad to spend time with you again. Even is it must be only for a short time.

[inafadingcrown]

[She just nods at that. Galadriel understands the importance of duty better than most.]

We both of us know the importance of such fleeting joys.

[lightbranded]

Yet sometimes they can be the most important thing in the world.

[He remarks this with good humor. Will had missed being able to discuss such things with someone who could so thoroughly understand.]

[inafadingcrown]

Precisely. [She has been a touch more fortunate than he in that regard, but it is still welcomed. Funny how they could be so different and yet so much the same.]