[Duo just raised a brow, no cracking of smiles this time.]

Can't say I did any 'consoling'. [He reached out and patted Maglor's arm gently.] We've all got a past, Mags. That's just mine. Wouldn't be where I'm at now if I didn't go through it. But I was an edgy teen...

[Who had suffered enough loss to consider himself the God of Death and then went on to kill hundreds if not thousands before he was even 16 years old.]