I sang of leaves, of leaves of gold; (Open)

[inafadingcrown]

Who: Galadriel and you
What: Wandering through the forest because oh, thank God, spring!
When: 4/7, anytime during the day
Where: the...forest
Rating: Can't see this going higher than PG
Notes: Brackets and prose are both fine; I'll switch to match.

It had been too long. Too long since she’d wandered through the woods, too long since she’d felt the grass beneath her bare feet.

Galadriel closed her eyes, letting the warm breeze blow back her hair, breathing in the first scents of spring. She placed a hand on each tree as she passed it, an almost affectionate gesture, making her way deeper into the forest.

At last, when the woods had begun to darken, the small amount of light filtering in through the canopy leaving them in a perpetual twilight, she stopped to rest and take in the stillness, unwilling to venture further- at least today.

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[inafadingcrown]

"I am Galadriel." Clem's wave was met with a little nod. "You are well met, Clementine."

[willrememberthat]

"Galadriel," she repeated the name, enjoying how it sounded. It didn't sound as pretty as when Galadriel herself said it, but Clem was pretty sure she knew why. There was something very different--and special--about this lady.

"You're... not a human, right? You're something else."

[inafadingcrown]

She nods again. "You are right. I am of the Eldar- an elf, in the common tongue." And now to wait for the reaction. It was always a gamble; you never could guess what tales were told in other worlds.

[willrememberthat]

The reaction is pure excitement.

"Like Legolas!" She's quick to connect. She'd met the elf in the winter, but she'd heard more from Frodo since. These were definitely not Santa's elves. "Do you know Frodo, too?"

She was always eager to talk about him.

[inafadingcrown]

One of the better reactions she's received, certainly.

"I know them both and I am pleased to hear that that is something we share."

[willrememberthat]

"Me, too. Frodo's really nice." He's much higher in her books than Legolas, because Legolas threw a snowball at her that one time.

Nah, she doesn't hold a grudge for that, but Frodo's one of her special people.

[inafadingcrown]

Believe it or not, Legolas threw a snowball at her too, that cheeky young elf.

"He is a fine fellow. I only regret that I do not know him better."

[willrememberthat]

"How do you know him?"

[inafadingcrown]

"He is an ally. His company passed through my woods not a month before I was brought here and were welcomed as guests/" Eventually, anyway. But there's no need to mention the little issue with bringing a dwarf into an Elven forest, or her Marchwarden's hesitancy to let them enter.

[willrememberthat]

"Your woods?" Clem spots a nearby rock, and goes to sit. It's involuntary story time, apparently!

[inafadingcrown]

Involuntary, but not necessarily unwanted. Galadriel isn't one to pass up a chance to sing the praises of her little realm. "My husband and I rule the forest of Lothlórien, the Golden Woods. It is a small forest, compared to those of Old, but it is fair beyond words."

[willrememberthat]

"Rule? Are you a queen?"

It seems like Clementine has endless luck when it comes to meeting royalty.

[inafadingcrown]

"Something of the sort. I make no claim to that title, however; in Lothlórien, I am simply 'The Lady.'" Not much of an explanation, but it was better than boring the girl with Elven politics.

[willrememberthat]

She smiles at that. It seems a little prettier than "your majesty," and she supposes it's fitting since Galadriel doesn't really look like a queen. Not in the way that Anne does, anyway. She seems... more.

Clem's not really sure how to say that, or if she even should, so she just smiles some more.

"I like that. The Lady Galadriel."

[inafadingcrown]

"I am glad." It's hard not to keep smiling with Clem. "But I have interrupted your adventures here. If you would prefer your tree to my company, you need only say so. I will take no offense."

[willrememberthat]

Clementine laughs, because that's silly! She shakes her head. "You're way better than a tree. What were you doing out here?"

[inafadingcrown]

"I come here often; I find it gives me peace of mind."

[willrememberthat]

"By yourself?"

[inafadingcrown]

"Often, though not always. Is that so strange?"

[willrememberthat]

She shakes her head. "No, but it just seems a little... lonely, I guess."

[inafadingcrown]

"There are times when solitude is a welcome thing."

[willrememberthat]

"Maybe," says the little girl wandering around on her own.

[inafadingcrown]

An irony that Galadriel is swift to note. "And you? You have come here unaccompanied, have you not?"

[willrememberthat]

She smiles, a little sheepishly.

"I was just exploring." Lee probably wouldn't approve of her thinking about climbing trees, but that's why he wasn't informed!

[inafadingcrown]

Galadriel, on the other hand, heartily approves of tree climbing. "I have a bold adventurer before me, then! Have you seen much today?"