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Post by Anastasia on Aug 23, 2008 17:54:47 GMT -5
"The castle garden?" She asked, trying to hide her excitement. The garden at the restaurant had been beautiful, but she'd heard that there was nothing that compared to the gardens of the castle.
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Post by Haldir of Lorien on Aug 23, 2008 18:03:33 GMT -5
*Haldir smiled gently.*
"Where else?"
*He asked softly.*
"Only the best for my princess."
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Post by Anastasia on Aug 23, 2008 18:10:26 GMT -5
*She wanted to argue that she wasn't a princess anymore, then realized she was being difficult again and stopped.*
"I've wanted to see it, I just left before I had the chance."
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Post by Haldir of Lorien on Aug 23, 2008 18:22:43 GMT -5
*Haldir smiled warmly and looked back at her. He knew her well enough to understand her. So he leaned over to her and whispered.*
"You will always be the princess of my heart."
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Post by Anastasia on Aug 23, 2008 18:25:53 GMT -5
"Don't...too soon." She said quietly, digging in as the start of the banquet was announced.
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Post by Haldir of Lorien on Aug 23, 2008 18:29:57 GMT -5
*Haldir smiled warmly.*
"I know. I will not push you into things you don't want."
*He said just as quietly and helped her filling her plate with the food before helping himself.*
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Post by Anastasia on Aug 23, 2008 18:31:07 GMT -5
"I appreciate that."
*Off in the corner, a string quartet started to softly play*
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Post by Haldir of Lorien on Aug 23, 2008 18:38:00 GMT -5
*Haldir recognized the melody the string quartet was playing. He softly sang the words of the song.*
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Post by Anastasia on Aug 23, 2008 18:47:12 GMT -5
"What interesting instruments...how lovely they are..."
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Post by Haldir of Lorien on Aug 23, 2008 19:03:26 GMT -5
*Haldir smiled.*
"They are traditional. They came here in the year 500, human time."
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Post by Anastasia on Aug 23, 2008 19:18:38 GMT -5
"Came here? From where, I wonder? Those don't exist in the human world..."
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Post by Haldir of Lorien on Aug 23, 2008 19:23:41 GMT -5
*Haldir smiled secretly.*
"They existed in the human world once.... But that was in the time before giant earthquakes and flood made kingdoms disappear. The civilasation that brought us these is gone and forgotten a long time ago. Their country was taken over by the ocean."
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Post by Anastasia on Aug 23, 2008 19:33:32 GMT -5
*Anastasia fell quiet for a moment, thinking over what he'd said*
"Do you mean...Atlantis?"
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Post by Haldir of Lorien on Aug 23, 2008 19:40:55 GMT -5
*Haldir smiled and squeezed her hand gently, proud over her ability to draw the right conclusions.*
"They were our allies once. We couldn't save their country from the catastrophic accident, but some of the people from that country is still living with us today."
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Post by Anastasia on Aug 23, 2008 19:45:48 GMT -5
"Atlantis..." she said, eyes growing distant. "So many people wonder about that place...some, they wonder if it was even real to begin with."
*She smiled*
"Well, I could answer that question, now."
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