[ There is a terrible satisfaction in knowing the sea cannot take his son away from him in this land. He is covetous of Legolas's time and company, but only inasmuch as any father would be if their child decided to leave for a distant shore, never to return unless joined by their parent's volition. How Elrond bears the loss of Arwen's immortality is a source of mystery and second-hand pride in the other elf-lord's self-control.

Legolas wanders these woods because they feel safe and he has trouble standing still. He wishes for that final journey to be taken and, until it is, he will be restless evermore. Thranduil answers him after a short pause where he puts these thoughts to the back of his mind, all of them sparked by his son's tell-tale phrasing. ]

I do not trust all of them. Some are wily and others foolish, but the greater numbers appear to have good hearts. The majority, if nothing else. I would not trade any one of them for the likes of Caer Scima, if the tales of the Unseelie court stand true.