Elrond & Gravel
Elrond
Gravel, have you ever pondered how the roads you travel carve out the fate of those who trail behind you, and whether destiny is a path chosen or one that merely lays itself before you?
Gravel
I’ve seen a few folks try to chalk up my trail as fate, but I tell 'em the road’s just a piece of earth. You step on it, and it does what it does. Destiny? Looks more like the sum of the choices you make and the weather you fight through. So yeah, the path’s there, but you decide if you’ll take it or keep kicking up dust on the side.
Elrond
Indeed, the path may lay itself before us, yet it is our choices that give it purpose. The weather may test us, but it is the traveler who decides whether to follow or to wander elsewhere.
Gravel
True, but I'd rather sketch my own map than wait for the road to hand me a GPS.
Elrond
Such independence is admirable; a well‑crafted map guides a traveler more surely than an uncertain path.
Gravel
A map's fine, as long as you keep the legs moving. The road still gets dirty.
Elrond
The map gives direction, but the steady steps keep it clear; even a winding road cannot resist the dust of those who walk it.