In vino veritas, as the Romans said! In wine is truth.
"We can only hope, with respect to all of our choices, that the path we took is the least harmful one."
And Curufin takes another sip, too, imbibing a little more of that truth. He meets Atem's eyes, with candor. "You're right. I know better most people do, how great and terrible can be the consequences of the choices we make. But you know that, too, Pharaoh Atem, do you not?"
Strange change of subject, but he'll go with it. "My name means Skilled Finwë. It's my father-name. That is, my father gave it to me, in accordance with our naming traditions. Finwë was my grandfather, King of the Noldor, the leader of our clan. His sons and some of his grandsons were given his name, with an prefix that indicated a quality that that particular child had. I'm like my father, a highly skilled craftsman, so the prefix is Curu, skill or cleverness. So it's actually Curufinwë."
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"We can only hope, with respect to all of our choices, that the path we took is the least harmful one."
And Curufin takes another sip, too, imbibing a little more of that truth. He meets Atem's eyes, with candor. "You're right. I know better most people do, how great and terrible can be the consequences of the choices we make. But you know that, too, Pharaoh Atem, do you not?"
Strange change of subject, but he'll go with it. "My name means Skilled Finwë. It's my father-name. That is, my father gave it to me, in accordance with our naming traditions. Finwë was my grandfather, King of the Noldor, the leader of our clan. His sons and some of his grandsons were given his name, with an prefix that indicated a quality that that particular child had. I'm like my father, a highly skilled craftsman, so the prefix is Curu, skill or cleverness. So it's actually Curufinwë."
"And you, Atem? What does your name mean?"