Not the Darkness and all the tension seeps out of Maglor's shoulders in relief. So he has not failed his family, then.

"I am glad one of us was able to escape." Because he is, and that was why, despite the screaming hissy fits arguments and the hurt, he had not protested Celebrimbor leaving them overly. Let at least one of us go free.

"I will not say I am not glad to see you again, but I wish it was in better circumstances, perhaps." Next question: why is Celebrimbor in this court and not the other?