*This was written for my friend Starlight’s birthday, following a discussion about Faramir being able to ‘see’ into the depths of his brother.  It did wander a bit from there  ;-)

*The horses were named with the help of the wonderful Hiswelókë's Sindarin Dictionary project but any mistakes are all mine.  Alagos is storm while Myrnaur means morning flame.

*Hallatan is a ‘borrowed’ name from Hallatan of Hyarastorni while Ciryanil was created by me, based on other Gondorian names.

* Thank you to the sundry people who have answered daft questions about horses, languages and sand!  It is much appreciated.  As always, my very grateful thanks to all those lovely people who provided me with such useful feedback.  Feedback of all sorts remains very welcome