[ That first remark certainly earns her a chuckle! Legolas does quite appreciate this approach, fielding questions of his well-being time and again does get taxing! Sometimes it's simply enjoyable to get right into the matters. ]

One night days past, it has grown as long as I am tall! [ Obviously he had to cut it ... so it's a little more manageable! And safer for travel. ] Perhaps its exhaustion has caught up with me at last, and forced me into such deep slumber. Your own, in turn, you have sheared off by... a lot. [ It's... quite the surprising sight! ] Is it some sort of a tradition?

[ Ever curious! And to her curiosity he answers truthfully. ]

I will use it same as I use all my other skills, to hunt and to protect. 'tis a waste, when it is right within reach, and capable of great good when wielded well and by good hands. And... I have a great many to protect now too.