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[There's Legolas, sitting at a terminal and looking thoughtful. There's a small, leatherbound notebook in front of him and a fountain pen. He wasn't sure if they'd belonged to anyone when he'd gathered what he needed but he could return it all later. In neat script on the first page is a passage written in Sindarin. And below it, a translation of it.]

What is it you miss of home, most of all? What is it, that if ever we return, you will seek out first?

I want to write it all here in this book. I want to make sure that no one forgets what most they miss here. No matter what it is that we endure, we'll need only look into it to remind ourselves of happier times. Times that, with hope, are not forever lost to us.

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[There are many more troubles with being so old.]

I hope that you'll never forget it again. Sunlight, the sight and feel of it, is a joy.

It is. I miss it most of any material thing.

I don't blame you for that. I would be more surprised to hear of others who don't miss it.

Of all the people who live naturally under it, anyway.

An excellent point.

Makai doesn't naturally have one, I know...

[Wait... what? You get a blank, confused, look.]

It's a world where I'm from where demons live.

[Demons pretty much invalidate the 'but how do plants grow' logic with 'because demons'.]

How can there be a world with no sun?

I'm not sure how it works, really...

It makes little sense to me on how it could.

I've spent a fair amount of time there and a lot of Makai makes no sense to me.

Unfortunate. I'm sure there would be much to learn from them, given the chance.

I've brought a few of the populace with me, I could always ask them about it...

It would be fascinating but the choice to do so is yours. Of course.

I'll ask more privately. Some of them are shy.

I understand. Good luck to you.

And to you as well.

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