"I am not afraid of heat," Glorfindel told him with a grin. At least, not since his rebirth. "Let's go straight to the hottest. Fewer people to disturb with our conversation wandering about the landscape," he added, chuckling.

He led the way over to the nice spring he'd discovered the previous day. Steam rose from the water, and the trees draped decorously on the eastern side. From there, if you looked west, you could see the Train, if you looked south, you could see the beach and the ocean.

"What do you think?" he asked.