[Three paths lie before him, all equally unlikely to succeed and all burdened with the highest stakes.
He can tell Glorfindel; tell him and hope to convince him that his decision was right and reasonable, and worthy of support or at least of not being busted.
He can tell a story of having escaped, and hope that he will be believed despite all the distrust against returnees already present among the Noldor, that none will wonder about his face and hands.
He can try to silence Glorfindel.
The question is of there is really any chance of success for any of these. And he has no time to think on it. Maybe - in the end, there is no right answer. He'll just pick what seems to buy him the most time before...
It takes effort to not close his eyes against the memory of his parents' deaths. Instead, he shrugs his shoulders, in a carefully relearned movement, ignoring pain and the stiffness in some portions of his left shoulder that would render the motion uneven if he doesn't monitor it closely.] I can take care of myself; I have seen to these up until now, and they are all healing.
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He can tell Glorfindel; tell him and hope to convince him that his decision was right and reasonable, and worthy of support or at least of not being busted.
He can tell a story of having escaped, and hope that he will be believed despite all the distrust against returnees already present among the Noldor, that none will wonder about his face and hands.
He can try to silence Glorfindel.
The question is of there is really any chance of success for any of these. And he has no time to think on it. Maybe - in the end, there is no right answer. He'll just pick what seems to buy him the most time before...
It takes effort to not close his eyes against the memory of his parents' deaths. Instead, he shrugs his shoulders, in a carefully relearned movement, ignoring pain and the stiffness in some portions of his left shoulder that would render the motion uneven if he doesn't monitor it closely.] I can take care of myself; I have seen to these up until now, and they are all healing.