there's more to life than books, you know, but not much more [OTA]

[thatboleyngirl]

Anne had settled in at the hotel after a little bit, and she was beginning to become content with her situation. She figured being here was better than being dead, and she was attempting to make the best of things

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[faramir_hurin]

I am paying closer attention to those who come and go after I was told about the group of people who were here when I was not.* There is more than a little familiar about the woman, another old-fashioned one (by modern standards.) I am not surprised to see her in the history section. We do miss a lot by being from earlier times--or different worlds.

"May I help you with anything, my lady?" I ask with a light smile. "I am Faramir, head librarian here."

*Ghost research people, and he wasn't invited, so he was out when they were in.

[faramir_hurin]

"My lady," I begin. It is a deliberate choice not to use the higher title. "Though it may well mean nothing from a stranger who knows you only by what he has read and what little he has seen from but one short meeting, I believe you already have that strength."

This is very much a woman, young though she is.

"I would consider it an honour to aid you in whatever way I might. If you must consider it so, then it is a gift to the future queen of Gondor." Another who will have to face a death she might not otherwise have had to do, and for her husband.

[thatboleyngirl]

"Thank you," Anne said softly. She was reassured by his words, and was glad for it.

"You seem to be a noble man, and I admire that greatly," she continued. "And I hope that I can be of aid to you as well someday. I would also consider that an honor."

[faramir_hurin]

"It might depend upon your definition of noble. As to the actions, I strive for them. It is a privilege and duty of my birth, a nobility which I had nothing to do with--none of us choose the stature of our births." I smile lightly. "Once, a time ago, I spoke with a man about such things. He had not considered before that we have little more choice in the way our lives are run than most. It seems we do, but our positions often give us fewer options than all but the poorest."

We just have grander homes and clothing and such physical things.

"Our world is more comfortable, but not so free."

I would not change it--I have love for my country that I might not have otherwise, nor would I give up my brother for anything.

"Friends can be an aid. I see it more often in the modern people, but men and women can be friends."

[thatboleyngirl]

"Nobility does not necessarily have to come from birth," she explained. "To me, I feel that noble people are made, not born. I was convinced that that wasn't true earlier in my life, but now I know it to be the case."

Anne smiled at his remark about friends. "Yes, I have counted men among my friends. Back home, my own brother was a dear friend of mine, as was one of the court musicians. I don't believe in any sort of segregation of the sexes--to me, that seems pointless and unnecessary."