[Thranduil stood then in one fluid movement. He had not often been able to give much comfort to his son, even after his wife had died.

It seemed as if he could never quite find just the right words to say.]

You have a great strength, Legolas. I admit when I heard that you were before the Black Gates, so near where your grandfather perished, I worried for you yet you survived.

I have never been more proud of you.