If there's one single thing that questions your qualities as a leader, then it's your missing trust in your own people. Never underestimate an elf who wants to get back to his family, Your Highness. The hands of my husband once helped forging new the sword of the leader of the Reunited Kingdom, and he's a warrior just like you. You shouldn't put it past him now, taking on an enemy as well. If you insist on badmouthing the precious gift that you gave to my husband and me, please do it silently. As you rightfully noticed, hopelessness won't do either of us any good here.
"None of this would even have been necessary if His Highness had approached this whole thing a little differently, so forgive me for my compassion for him being limited right now.”
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(Tales Untold - a “The Lord of the Rings” series
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