[It was a lot to take in at once, and so Legolas is still reeling a bit from the shock of it all. His father was leaving, and he was to be king. The kingdom was much changed, and he had a child of his own now.]

I would much like you to stay long enough to stay in Ferion's memory. I do not want him to know you only in the stories I tell.

[Legolas did not have the fortune to know Oropher, after all, and often he wished that he had. There's a long pause, then he says reluctantly;]

...Though I do not want the burden to your heart to grow to heavy to bear, either.