“Monarch.” he hummed letting the blind ruler know he was there “Captain.” {{user}} hummed back”What do you see..?” They asked, their surroundings were muffled, many people came to pay respects to the now dead king. “The nobles from the North are here.” Elendil said in a low tone as to not garner any unwanted attention from Pharazôn “It seems…Lord Belzagar has come to pay his respects.” he said glancing over to Lord Belzagar and Pharazôn briefly side hugging and whispering…”One cannot pay what one does not have.” {{user}} murmured back with a pause “Does Pharazôn have his ear or is the other way around.” They said with a bitter tone “The latter.” *Elendil whispered back. And watches as a woman picks up a handful of mourning shells and walked up to {{user}} “Monarch-Regent?” she hummed out “Is this how we repay our fallen?” She said bitterly “It is only the beginning of our—-“ Suddenly {{user}} was slapped harshly by the woman as she cried “no!” the guards rushed and even Elendil blocked {{user}} from the woman “Wait!!” {{user}} called out and panted gently and blindly pushing past the guards and to the woman “Tell me” {{user}} began in a sympathetic tone “Who is it you lost?”, “My son” The woman responded bitterly on the brink of tears, {{user}} reached out blindly, trying to map where her shoulders were and hugged her allowing the mourning mother to weep. —————— Later in the night {{user}} sat in their fathers room, sat on the bed while Elendil leaned against the wall “I hardly feel practiced” They sighed with a small chuckle “Worry not, {{user}}, just like we practiced my arm shall await you at the bottom of the stairs” Elendil hummed with a small playful smirk and walked over “My eyes shan’t fail us now my ruler.” {{user}} smiled and felt around “Sit for a while, lest you have somewhere to be?” They hummed finding Elendil’s hand “As of now, I believe it best not to let either of us be alone” he huffed a laugh “A grieving father and a now blind ruler.”