[Maedhros gives the man what he hopes is an encouraging smile, though he needs to harden his heart himself to turn his back on the sobbing child. It might be nothing but a shade of this place, a dream of a past long gone by, but it's obvious sorrow still cuts deep into one who has spent many long years shepherding younger siblings and cousins.]

Dwelling in dreams of things long gone by does little good, I have found. Hard as it is at times you must move forwards.