"Many, yes. Many that I might hope for, and some I have not seen in.. a very long while. All of them cherished though. I am sorry that you are not so fortunate in that regard. " And he was, truly. As an elf that valued family and those relationships he could not stand the idea of existing in any world alone. He would sooner die and return to the Halls of the Slain than be here without them.
Briseis was strong to endure so stoically, and with such .. fortitude. He could not do it. Well no, he had done it, but he would not want to do it here. What a sad life one must lead, indeed, to want to stay here rather than return home. Turgon yearned for Gondolin, and so now did Idril his daughter.
"He is a brave and noble soldier," of sorts. When he wasn't murdering women and children, "and a man strong of heart and with.. morals. I am glad he's proven himself useful, as I feared his idleness above all."