Maglor carefully hides the coiling rage that builds, locking it down deep and deep - it does no good to Riley, and the ones who would do this to children, even in a world so terrible that a child must watch one parent kill the other, and then kill the parent to save herself, are not here where he can reach them.
He sits quiet, a solid, stable presence, but he does not reach out to her (he has not earned that right) - she needs to talk, and he will not disturb her focus now. There is no condemnation in his eyes as he nods slowly to show her he hears.
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He sits quiet, a solid, stable presence, but he does not reach out to her (he has not earned that right) - she needs to talk, and he will not disturb her focus now. There is no condemnation in his eyes as he nods slowly to show her he hears.