"That's comforting!" said Curufin, still laughing. He returned the bow, and then he grinned at the shoulder clap. "Who was this circus clown you knew? I wonder if he knew that someday he'd be considered to look even sillier than an Elvish clown?"

Yes, superheroes in wetsuits! Curufin hadn't seen many comics, none in his world, and only a few in the other two he'd lived in before the Voidtrecker. But he got the comparison. "I guess we don't have to feel like superheroes, just act like them when we're in the middle of the battle." Still grinning. "Fake it till you make it!"