"Your sister is here?" Éowyn's concern was immediate and genuine. It was bad enough to be trapped, but if she tried to imagine Éomer being trapped with her... on the one hand, it would make things easier for her, but on the other hand, how it must ache to be set one against the other. To be forced to watch your kin suffer that way. She thought of saying that she was sorry, but it felt hollow and meaningless. Instead, composing herself as best she could, she said, "Training cannot wholly be lost. Never. Even if the body fails, the mind can still be honed to master it."
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