He'd give it a shot, but that's not always enough, you know?

[It's not that he thinks Eddie is naive or that he'd be unwilling to consider different viewpoints, but he comes across as the kind of person who sees the world in black and white.]

I mean, listen, this is gonna sound fucking callous, but I know I'm never staying here, I have to go back, um- [Not home, really.] - to Fearun, so I'm not about to marry some guy or whatever. Anyway, human, elf, never ends well.

[The age thing.

Which isn't to say he's about to go dump Eddie, just that he's aware that whatever they have isn't ever going to be long term.]