Aleifr does not snap nor raise his voice, but he does bristle at the accusation ... both because he finds it difficult to take such an accusation as anything but an insult, and because of his belief that she isn't somehow lesser for them indulging in their passions.
After a moment, though, the scowl that lines his face slackens ever so slightly.
"Neither have you."
He isn't unsympathetic to her pain. He believes that the Rohirrim's views of sex and love are wrong-headed, but he's not so stubborn as to think that his certainty makes what she feels any less real.
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Date: 2024-05-10 10:39 pm (UTC)Aleifr does not snap nor raise his voice, but he does bristle at the accusation ... both because he finds it difficult to take such an accusation as anything but an insult, and because of his belief that she isn't somehow lesser for them indulging in their passions.
After a moment, though, the scowl that lines his face slackens ever so slightly.
"Neither have you."
He isn't unsympathetic to her pain. He believes that the Rohirrim's views of sex and love are wrong-headed, but he's not so stubborn as to think that his certainty makes what she feels any less real.