Elenwë was too deep in her sorrow to hear the girl approach, so when she spoke she looked up quickly in surprise. She wiped her eyes clear, but did not try to hide the fact that she had been weeping - for how could she?
"My heart is hurt," she said softly. "But not my body."
She had hoped to find solitude here, for she did not wish to bother anyone else with her troubles and sorrows. Everyone here was troubled in some way, and she did not wish to burden anyone more than she already had.