Ignis only observes Curufin while he talks, with the vaguely unimpressed air of someone who has drawn a thick line under a conversational topic and is being forced to listen to further exposition on it regardless. Unfortunately, the elf touches on several of the problems Ignis had with Maglor's approach without actually mitigating any of them.
The potential of docks are certainly a better thing to speak about, because Ignis has no desire at all to get into another argument with another elf regarding the blatant provocation of daemons and the lack of said daemons' desire to necessarily focus their attentions on the person who provoked them.
So, he says nothing to the explanation, rather leaning on the desk and focusing his attention on the drawings.
"We should keep things as simple as possible," he states - it isn't really a 'suggestion'. "Our access to resources is never guaranteed, and there are a large number of factors we aren't yet able to take into account. We haven't seen a storm here thus far, but I don't doubt they will occur, given the capricious nature of Hope and his ilk. It will do us little good to expend all our efforts on something that then breaks beyond our means to quickly repair it."
A stable means to step on and step off. Do they need anything more?
"That would be my advice. Once we're more certain of weather conditions and the sustainability of any structures we secure to the shoreline, we can add further elaborations."
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The potential of docks are certainly a better thing to speak about, because Ignis has no desire at all to get into another argument with another elf regarding the blatant provocation of daemons and the lack of said daemons' desire to necessarily focus their attentions on the person who provoked them.
So, he says nothing to the explanation, rather leaning on the desk and focusing his attention on the drawings.
"We should keep things as simple as possible," he states - it isn't really a 'suggestion'. "Our access to resources is never guaranteed, and there are a large number of factors we aren't yet able to take into account. We haven't seen a storm here thus far, but I don't doubt they will occur, given the capricious nature of Hope and his ilk. It will do us little good to expend all our efforts on something that then breaks beyond our means to quickly repair it."
A stable means to step on and step off. Do they need anything more?
"That would be my advice. Once we're more certain of weather conditions and the sustainability of any structures we secure to the shoreline, we can add further elaborations."