He allowed her the turn and loosened his grip on her hair, all too aware of the yank and pull and pain it gave to do otherwise. "No," he said quietly. "It is the first time in so long that we are separated and I find myself not knowing what to do with myself. I cannot return to Middle Earth to seek him. I had hoped to ask if you would. Perhaps, somehow, he has found his way home," he said, though there was little hope in his words.