"...I will not ask how you fared," says Thorongil heavily, after a long moment of consideration. "It is not for me to know." For if Sam explained how badly it went, and Aragorn found himself back on the quest, and gave in to the temptation to turn aside and avert disaster, who knew what would happen? Foreknowledge is dangerous, and Aragorn will not take it.
"But it grieves me to hear that it went badly. Of all the ill choices I made at Parth Galen, perhaps that one was the gravest of all."
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"But it grieves me to hear that it went badly. Of all the ill choices I made at Parth Galen, perhaps that one was the gravest of all."