Thoroncir catches Gil-Gandel's eye, smiles, and then takes the hand of the elderly hobbit. "No dwarf am I, to be sure, patriarch of a Took, just a man who is very pleased to see you once more. I am indeed he who loves Gilraen. Every day I strive to be worthy of her favor, in hopes that someday, if all goes well, we may be wed. But come, it seems like ages since I first met you at the Elf Stone Inn. I hope you are well?"