She nods again, slowly. "Those are good reasons." Not likely to change, or to be mistaken. And matching her own opinions of him. It occurs to her that they are both unique in some ways, and that their uniqueness matches. They are both leaders to their people; that creates a bond, but also a distance, between leader and those led. For that reason as well as their shared inclinations of how to approach difficulties, they can understand each other in a way that most others will not. They are more equal than she first imagined, that day (it seems long ago, now) when he rode to her people's rescue.

But although Caranthir has called himself precipitous, Haleth is not. And moreover..."But duty does still lie between us, yours to your people and mine to mine. While I do not fear your Doom for myself, I can not risk it entangling the Haladin in its clutches." She shakes her head slowly. "I can not see a future in this. Perhaps years from now when my nephew is old enough to lead in my place, if we both still live and feel as we now do. But I cannot wed you, and you have said you cannot do less. Therefore this conversation should end here, and the subject not be brought up again."