Perhaps it might have been easier, if Maglor did Fade. If he washed up on the shores of Valinor again, found their mother and their host of brothers, dipped his heart into the warm hearth that had borne it forth. If it could have been so — yes, Maedhros would sunder their bond, a thousand times over.

He says none of this.

"You are as stubborn as an ox," says Maedhros. "Even if I send you away, I've no doubt that you will appear again as soon as I've turned my back."