*tries (and mostly fails) to maintain business-like crispness* Watch it, Lord Peredhel, I'm a loyal Fountain boy and that's my Lady you're talking about. And do I have to remind you that you're related to our queen? ...Through marriage. ...And another marriage.
*sighs, not without good humor* Really, Elrond, don't tempt me. After everything that's gone on, a lifetime of chasing your kids around the Last Homely House sounds perfect. *and it isn't regret in his voice, so much as determination* But I'm needed here. More now than ever, I think.