Curufin smiles back. "Let's just say that in my world, I wasn't the most congenial, ethical, or law-abiding citizen. I don't know if I could have helped being what I was, but I certainly did a lot of damage. I can hardly judge another being's situation, especially since you don't seem to have had any choice -- you didn't ask to be created as you were."

"If you can only eat souls, then what happens here in Hadriel? Do you just continue? And if you tried to stop, would you die?"