[If he didn't love you, Maglor...He understands, though. But he won't allow this distance any more than the physical distance forced upon him.]

I expect nothing less than your best, with as much skill as you hold. If you could come, you know I would ask it of you.

[But they both know that is not exactly practical, even here. And the sorrow of that is clear in his eyes as he looks earnestly at the older elf.]