Curufin was very much enjoying braiding Glorfindel's hair. It reminded him of the old days in Tirion before all the trouble began, when he would spend time with his cousins and their friends. Fixing one another's hair for a celebration was not an unusual pastime. And the tune he was humming was indeed an original composition.

When Glorfindel rose and checked his appearance in the mirror, Curufin smiled and answered, "I wish I had been there, too. I'd have sliced and diced him with my sword of meteroic iron!" This is partly a real wish, partly wishful thinking, and partly a humorous thought. Balrogs were hard to beat.