What she spoke was true enough. Perhaps he did not know for certain that the War of the Ring would be won, but it did them no good to remain in Darrow worried for what might have transpired. Galadriel had spoken to him of Gondor however, and though she had been wary of revealing too much once she realised he did not share her memories, he had gleamed a small amount of knowledge from their conversation.
Eowyn was similarly perceptive; she proved that even now, guessing from the state of his arrival that the final battle had not yet begun.
"When the Lady Galadriel arrived upon the shore she spoke to me in brief," he admitted. She did not want to know what he knew of their homeland, but he could share this small amount of knowledge with her, and she would take from it what she would, the same as he had done. "She said I remained in Gondor last she saw of me. If the Shadow had spread, I do not believe the White City would have remained."
Nor would he be alive to be seated there. He had intended for his fate to be decided at the Morannon, one way or another. If Sauron were to win the war, Aragorn would certainly have lent his final breath to the fight.
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Eowyn was similarly perceptive; she proved that even now, guessing from the state of his arrival that the final battle had not yet begun.
"When the Lady Galadriel arrived upon the shore she spoke to me in brief," he admitted. She did not want to know what he knew of their homeland, but he could share this small amount of knowledge with her, and she would take from it what she would, the same as he had done. "She said I remained in Gondor last she saw of me. If the Shadow had spread, I do not believe the White City would have remained."
Nor would he be alive to be seated there. He had intended for his fate to be decided at the Morannon, one way or another. If Sauron were to win the war, Aragorn would certainly have lent his final breath to the fight.