Ah... has Muscovy been at you? I am sorry. He worries... I will not... ask you to kill me John. But if... they force my hand... please. I would... rather it at the hands of one I trust, and I cannot ask this of Legolas, or Thranduil. I have... hurt them enough. Just give my shard to my Lady Mother, if it come to that. She... will not long survive me, I think.