Another pre-Ring War Aragorn request, this time from Gwynnyd.
"Weary of ditches?" Gandalf had replied to a young man's querulous question. "Yes, of course. But they have their advantages."
Aragorn smiled to himself. Through years and far lands, he had sought them, and finally discovered one: Time in the ditch was dark, but at least the stars shone clearest there.
Titular phrase ripped off from John McCumber's book, "Time in the Ditch". He ripped it off from the story of Thales. So I don't feel quite so terrible.