“For these words, you crossed Middle Earth?” Legolas said at length.

“For peace, I would cross the bent sea,” she replied.

“It shall be as you say,” he said. “I will keep my heart open. I think, with the Halflings, that will be inevitable anyway.”

I love how there can be lightness and banter in even the most serious of conversations. There's a great deal of wisdom in your writing, my friend. Well done.