[Thranduil is often wont to watch in silence. She expects her presence is a balm to him just as his is to her. Because he does this with some regularity, she isn't startled by the sudden question.]

You expect it shall be restored abruptly? [It was an interesting hypothetical--true, it was a goal they were working toward, but hypothetical nonetheless.]

Were I an idealist, I might expect that the allure of immortality would sway a mortal heart to gentler means. In truth? I suspect there shall be a generation of terrible, bloody conflict that shall go unforgotten ere the ending of this world.

As it did in ours.