[ it is a roundabout way of getting to the topic at hand, but he takes it. elros is a poor example; elrond would be his choice if he was given one. ]

He would. [ dryly, he has a low opinion of the man's diplomatic abilities at the moment. ]

His paternal grandfather was a Man, as was his maternal great-grandfather, the rest of his line was elven and the blood of our finest kings. Elros and Elrond were offered a choice- to be counted as Men or elves. Elros forsook his twin, chose the Men, and this explains his state, despite the lingering traces of his heritage that can be seen if ones looks close enough.

[ he would go to gwenaëlle if he thought she would have him, but she will not, and the distance between them is great. he only looks at her longingly. ]

There is one other pairing known to me, of a Man and an elleth, like all the rest, but she ran from him which suggests a discord uncommon to our marriages. I cannot pass judgement upon it. But even their children were ennobled by their mother's blood, and were not wholly Men.

[ he ties it together, very tired. ]

Elrond is a dear friend. I have witnessed the half-elven- elfblooded- all my life, known them, called them kin. It is not a foreign idea to me, if rare, that such marriages would occur.