Tolkien drabble: "Loved by Stone" (G)
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hsavinienTitle: Loved by Stone
Author: H. Savinien
Rating: G
Disclaimer: Erebor, Aule, and the dwarves are the creation of J.R.R. Tolkien, and this fanwork is a tribute.
Wordcount: 100
Summary: On the architectural planning decisions in Erebor.
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There are no railings in Erebor, no balustrade up the winding stairs or ramps and across the slender spans of stone that bridge the caverns. There need be none. A dwarf, no matter their youth or dotage, no matter the battle-scars or happenstance of birth that send them limping, would not consider such a thing. They are of the stone and the stone loves them and never would let them slip over the edge. Where a khazad treads unsteady, Aule guides their path, with a stone leveled just so to balance them or a friend's hand to right them again.
Author: H. Savinien
Rating: G
Disclaimer: Erebor, Aule, and the dwarves are the creation of J.R.R. Tolkien, and this fanwork is a tribute.
Wordcount: 100
Summary: On the architectural planning decisions in Erebor.
***
There are no railings in Erebor, no balustrade up the winding stairs or ramps and across the slender spans of stone that bridge the caverns. There need be none. A dwarf, no matter their youth or dotage, no matter the battle-scars or happenstance of birth that send them limping, would not consider such a thing. They are of the stone and the stone loves them and never would let them slip over the edge. Where a khazad treads unsteady, Aule guides their path, with a stone leveled just so to balance them or a friend's hand to right them again.
