I had been planning for her use, but I was caught off guard.

[ It's said wryly, at least; many people had been doing this to him over the last few months. Catching him unawares, leaving him baffled and confused, discontent in secrets being revealed. Adalia knows some, Thranduil knows some, Galadriel knows more.

He dislikes it. ]

Perhaps she will still be of use, if carefully monitored.