[He abruptly grabs Maglor's shoulders and almost drags him away, bringing half an arm's distance between them so that their faces are far enough from each other that he can properly look at Maglor but still close enough for Maglor to be hardly able to look away from him, unless he fully turns his head.]
You are all that keeps this family together, if Nyelo cannot do it - and if he is truly that young, he will not be able to. No others of us can do that. [They are all excellent leaders in their own right, and in different ways (though some of them need a combination to stand on their own), but he heavily doubts that he or any of their younger brothers could keep the family together. Maglor may not be as good at it as Maedhros, but he's at least somewhat able to.] We will be lost without you. [Maedhros, if he is so young, needs a brother, and Celegorm... he needs his pack, in the long run, some kind of pack. But he cannot lead it. It is the only sort of authority that Maglor has over him, really.]
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[He abruptly grabs Maglor's shoulders and almost drags him away, bringing half an arm's distance between them so that their faces are far enough from each other that he can properly look at Maglor but still close enough for Maglor to be hardly able to look away from him, unless he fully turns his head.]
You are all that keeps this family together, if Nyelo cannot do it - and if he is truly that young, he will not be able to. No others of us can do that. [They are all excellent leaders in their own right, and in different ways (though some of them need a combination to stand on their own), but he heavily doubts that he or any of their younger brothers could keep the family together. Maglor may not be as good at it as Maedhros, but he's at least somewhat able to.] We will be lost without you. [Maedhros, if he is so young, needs a brother, and Celegorm... he needs his pack, in the long run, some kind of pack. But he cannot lead it. It is the only sort of authority that Maglor has over him, really.]