The night after the battle Varilerin spent in the Houses of Healing, tending the injured and particularly Eowyn while checking her own. Legolas had left her to rest, knowing that privacy was the best for the elleth to find sleep. The Houses had become quieter, with the injured now mostly asleep and only the awakened ones groaning. The occupied space did not shrink, for when the dead ones had been carried away more wounded arrived. And Ioreth, when she saw Varilerin still offering her help, ultimately shoved Varilerin away from the new patients. As such, she only stayed beside Eowyn, Merry, or Faramir. Merry was constantly guarded by Pippin—who she left the responsibility over his friend—and Faramir fortunately did not suffer worse than first-degree burns after his second tragedy. Her heart
