Rivendell Isn’t Where You Give the Burden Away The others didn’t arrive because I asked them to carry the story for me. They came because I needed it to be seen. Up until now, this had been a narrow road. A handful of companions. A weight carried quietly, carefully, so it didn’t trouble anyone else. But if the story was going to be done properly, not rushed, not broken, not shaped by fear, then it couldn’t stay private anymore. So I let people in. Not to fix it. Not to lead i