OK, my absolute favorite moment was Elladan's fierce embrace of Estel at the end of the troll battle. And poor Estel can't figure out what's wrong with him!
What a baptism. Growing up in a Dunedain settlement, he might not have seen death in battle before, but he would have been familiar with the aftermath - and seen the rituals of death, seen and felt the grief and shock and loss of dying and death. To be sheltered from it all for so long only to receive such a baptism by fire - well, it demonstrates what an extraordinary individual he is to cope so well.
Edit: Oh, I meant to add, Estel handled the battle just perfectly, I thought. He would have been well-trained by E2, and instinctively reverted to the moves they taught him, but at the same time his stamina isn't there yet. And the moment of hesitation at delivering the killing stroke seemed very natural, too.
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What a baptism. Growing up in a Dunedain settlement, he might not have seen death in battle before, but he would have been familiar with the aftermath - and seen the rituals of death, seen and felt the grief and shock and loss of dying and death. To be sheltered from it all for so long only to receive such a baptism by fire - well, it demonstrates what an extraordinary individual he is to cope so well.
Edit: Oh, I meant to add, Estel handled the battle just perfectly, I thought. He would have been well-trained by E2, and instinctively reverted to the moves they taught him, but at the same time his stamina isn't there yet. And the moment of hesitation at delivering the killing stroke seemed very natural, too.