Editing Midnight RPG - Chapter 44.744 (section)

=== Eranon ===

Eranon eventually turns away from the two point of light, standing slowly and walking to a nearby window, looking out over the cold morning.

'''"Loss, you say?  I think we have all learned about loss over the past few months.  I would never have imagined these things before Valendil asked for the favor that took me out of the Caraheen.  It's interesting that you feel Niesse return to you, that you feel more complete now after what happened.  I would expect you to be happy, yet clearly there is some sense of loss in you."'''

'''"I can say that for each person or companion I have lost, instead of them returning to me, I feel a peice of me has forever gone with them, Valendil, Vor'zon, Anuil, Kethrial and even Zal'Kazzir."'''

Eranon stares out the window a little longer, sighing deeply.

'''"The Caraheen. . . yes, it was long long ago, before the days of the Ruin of Trees.  You have seen the Caraheen when we went to the Hamlet, but truely you have not seen the Caraheen as it should be, as it was before the Shadow fell.  Green and lush as I see only in my dreams now, as I only glimpse when I hear the whisper.  As an elf child I had very few cares, we were kept sheltered in the forests around Caradul.  I would run and play in the woods with Valendil, spend hours in the tree's embrace.  I could scarcely be bothered with the growing anxiety and activity of the grown soldiers, my own family."'''  Eranon pauses for a moment, lost in thought.

'''"Mostly, though, I would seek out the wisdom of Isiki, the learned one, the one who taught me the secrets of the wild, of the whisper.  I beleive you met him in the Hamlet, though you likely don't remember him amongst the other wisened loremasters at the meeting."'''

'''"And what of you, Learned Master, have you memories of fonder times.  You grew up under the shadow, was any joy to be found there in the company of men and orc?"'''