It is a simple demand with an exceedingly complex answer, one that requires a number of tales and an attention to detail that she simply cannot muster. She considers him, with his hand on her face, his expression still so careful; how much he has told her of himself, how much he has shared, he deserves to know everything. She should reveal to him the whole of it but, even if she were strong enough to do so, Galadriel doubts she could bring herself to. It is too much and to speak it all aloud is to look far too deeply into her own soul.
She will not, however, withhold information that may keep him safe.
"I am...I was...a ringbearer. I bore a ring of power. Nenya, the ring of water, one of three gifted to all the Eldar," she explains and realizes the terms mean little here. "Ere I came to Thedas it was my greatest burden and my greatest gift...when I returned here again and found myself in Nevarra I was without it. I had not been without it for many thousands of years.
"It is difficult to explain what a ring of power truly is, especially as magic here flows so strangely compared to where it was forged. Above all else, however, it is a font; the power it can wield through the bearer is very great...and very costly."
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Date: 2018-10-07 12:10 am (UTC)She will not, however, withhold information that may keep him safe.
"I am...I was...a ringbearer. I bore a ring of power. Nenya, the ring of water, one of three gifted to all the Eldar," she explains and realizes the terms mean little here. "Ere I came to Thedas it was my greatest burden and my greatest gift...when I returned here again and found myself in Nevarra I was without it. I had not been without it for many thousands of years.
"It is difficult to explain what a ring of power truly is, especially as magic here flows so strangely compared to where it was forged. Above all else, however, it is a font; the power it can wield through the bearer is very great...and very costly."