sonofdurin

The last thing Fíli sees in Arda is his uncle's face, frozen with fear and grief and horror, and he isn't running, of course he isn't running, he will not dishonor his nephew by turning away now - and Fíli is afraid, more afraid than he has ever been, but he looks back into Thorin's clear eyes and knows that he was loved, that his family will survive this, and he finds that he can almost bear the knowledge of his fate.

The last thing he hears in Arda is the sound of his brother's scream, and that would be much harder to bear, if he had any time left to endure it.

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