"You have a keen eye," Galadriel complimented, amusement clear in her voice. "I have owned many such things in my life, even a few wrought in the shape of butterflies, and I have always had a fondness for silver."

She had no desire to acquire such things, though, jewelry and decoration were passing fancies and little more. She was fond of gifts, as all people were, but much more so of those who gave them. When one is several thousand years old, sentiment and memory mean far more than riches and treasure, and she has had more than enough of both.

"Have you traveled far through these lands? I am curious about them but, if they are all so sorrowful as this, I will lose myself to weeping ere I see the breadth of them."