Drabble: Confidence
For the "Shy" challenge on tolkien_weekly
Denethor...
Confidence
It was one among his first acts as Steward - to quietly remove it from the vault in which it had lain unused for ages. For he had studied it many years, consulting the archives in detail, and nothing could convince him that it could not be of aid to Gondor.
The line of stewards thus far may have shied away from using it, but their reasons he could not agree with. For had they not the right to use it, and the learning and the prowess?
No, he thought, he would not discard the uses of the Anor-stone so easily.
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Denethor...
Confidence
It was one among his first acts as Steward - to quietly remove it from the vault in which it had lain unused for ages. For he had studied it many years, consulting the archives in detail, and nothing could convince him that it could not be of aid to Gondor.
The line of stewards thus far may have shied away from using it, but their reasons he could not agree with. For had they not the right to use it, and the learning and the prowess?
No, he thought, he would not discard the uses of the Anor-stone so easily.
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