[It pains him to watch Gimli struggle with the chair. He looks away and out the window again at the stars.]

A few days, only. I saw him briefly, before the end. I feel he was... content.

[That didn't make it hurt any less, though. To an Elf, death was a cruel and unnatural fate. He pauses a moment before speaking again.]

...but tell me how you fare, if you will. It has been some time since I last traveled to see you.