*sounding hurried (doesn't feel hurried at all, though, which is what's really weird)* No, no, of course not. *affecting confusion, the emphasis in his words placed just so, as if you are the one who brought this up, or implied the two pieces of information are somehow related (the clarity in his eyes aided by the simple fact that in this, he is telling the truth)* I mean, yeah, I know Celebrimbor but I don't know this Gil-galad guy?
*drops his hands, folding them together loosely in front of him* I'm sorry. *laughs nervously (but again he feels calm as anything just now)* I just don't want Lily to get, like, hurt or anything. She's nice.