[ What the dang heck is going on. Beleth can't quite make out Gwen's exact words, nor her exact identity--but she knows that she's not someone she would associate with keeping secrets with Thranduil. But Elros--? ]

He hinted at being elfblooded once, when we were in a...discussion about the state of the Dalish. I suppose he thought it gave him extra credibility.

[ It's much more diplomatically put than she would have said--probably had said--if they were alone. ]