Thank you, [ he says. ] for going elsewhere when you needed to.

[ rather than keep both of them here, or her sitting here, stewing in her confinement. the fresh air was good for her, even if it was less 'fresh air' and more 'air filled with rotting elven corpses and also a blood lake'.

because then this fight may well have been worse, and while they will not break- he will not allow it- they may have been apart for longer.

this he allows next, the words a hesitation, as he says what she ought to know. ]

There are things in motion. Things that, should Galadriel falter, would allow our plans to continue.