This wouldn't be Curufin's area of expertise. He had heard of genetic manipulation but knew very, very little about it. He also didn't like the sound of it.

"If given the choice, I'd choose NEITHER option. I can't imagine that any scientist messing around with that stuff would really know what he or she was doing. How could they? And they ended up with what? A super soldier who could win the war and destroy the world? Oh yes, fantastic combination."