"Probably true. People with powers tend to be able to fend off attacks more easily than people without powers. And often they can mitigate the damage even when they do get injured."

Curufin gives Willow a look of tender concern. "I understand. War is frightening and traumatic. Once we've lost people in a war, the fear of losing others never goes away. I fear those kinds of losses, even though I almost never talk about it. But you can always speak to me of such fears, and I will never think less of you because you have them."