After Andswaru have given to Vaarion what he made for her at Rivendel he laid back a bit. His hand rubs over his leg. While Vaarion was collecting more firewood he tended the combat wound.
“You really hinder me in my journey stupid leg, you will delay everything” Andswaru sighted while looking at his leg.
On that moment he heard a crack and Andswaru looked around.
Speaking with a loud voice he said: “Who go’s ! Who dares to set foot on this hill!”
No reply came, the rohirrim grabbed his sword by the hilt. Before he could ask again an unfamilair voice replied to him in westron.
“Hail Rider, I come in peace” the heavy voice spoke. At that moment a man came from behind the fallen statue and walked towards Andswaru.
Andswaru looked up at the man, he didn’t know this man but he laid down his sword again.
With some confusion he welcomed the man:”W..welcome I suppose.”
The man stood still and asked if he could use the fire to warm himself up.
“Ehm.I suppose you may, sir…” Andswaru asked hoping he would catch the name of the man.
The man did sit down, his face well visible in the campfire.
He had a weary look on his face “Thank you kind and..I am no sir, but most call me Losian these days.” he replied to him while he was holding his hands near the fire.
Andswaru came up and offered his waterskin to Losian, the man didn’t let a moment pass before he took the skin from Andswaru. Before he began to drink he said to Andswaru that he did pass some woman before he came to here.
Andswaru raised his brow “That must be Vaarion, my companion, did she just let you pass?”
“She didn’t even see me, again not many hear me around here.” replied Losian
Andswaru looked up at the man “The hillmen of these lands you mean?” the rohirrim asked in wonder. The traveler only nodded on that and did drank almost all the water from the skin in one go.
“Are you a traveler, Losian” Andswaru asked while the man was still drinking. He stopped drinking and looked to Andswaru.
He said with tired voice “Aye, very long…too long.” he sighed and continued talking, just looking into the fire.
“I’m heading home, to my family. I miss their faces” he now looked towards Andswaru and asked the where his journey will lead him.
“Aldburg, in Rohan, aye that’s are heading now.” Now speaking more confortable to the man.“we have a long road to go still.”
The man stared to Andswaru a bit, perhaps waiting for more to come.
“So, it’s only you, and that girl…and four horses?” The man asked with a saddening tone in his voice. Andswaru nodded only hoping the man wouldn’t do anything what that information.
Losian then said then out of nowhere:”Keep your eyes on that girl, she is a treasure to see, and dear to her family..”
In confusion Andswaru shook his head, and looked close to the man.
“What are you up to, what do you know of us!” He said with confused yet raised voice
The man said nothing and he offered the waterskin back to Andswaru. Andswaru saw the man’s hand and on his index finger he had a familiar ring. The rohirrims eyes grew bigger and he looked back to the mans face.
“Sigelbert!” he shouted with great confusion, fear and joy at the same time.
The man gave no sign on his face and replied without taking heed of Andswaru’s statement
“Look after that girl, don’t forsake her, like my family did forsake me, Andswaru.”
“Andswaru, Andwaru wake up!” A woman’s voice yelled.
“You are having a bad dream, wake up silly!” he opened his eyes and looked into the eyes of Vaarion.
Andswaru looked up “The man? where is he? He was just here!” He looked around with sweat on his head and breathing heavy.
Vaarion pushed him down again to the ground “there is no one hear…at least not for hours while you were asleep.”
Andswaru looked up at Vaarion and slowly he calmed down…slowly closing his eyes again and fell to sleep again.
