This is very beautiful, thank you for sharing! ♥
I also knew Kei since what felt forever, and I believe right from my first steps in the Tolkien fandom ten years ago, and we connected very quickly through comments and reviews, as I fell in love with her work right away. She helped me so much to find my own writing voice, and find confidence in my writing. I'm currently finding comfort in reading some of her stories, and am beyond grateful that she left us such a rich legacy with her amazing work.

And yet, as sad as a world without Kei is, a world of never knowing Kei would have been worse.
This. ♥