Finding an equilibrium between the two would be best, I think. But I have always been a diplomat at heart. [It's how he managed to build the greatest alliance of the First Age. Too bad Ulfang and his sons stabbed him in the back and ruined it for everyone!]

[He can tell you don't believe him. That's fine though, he knew he could back it up if ever asked for proof.] It is not a good feeling, I can tell you that much. I watched those boys grow and nurtured them as best I could... it tore at my heart to send them away but it had to be done. I knew I did not have long left before I'd need to leave them anyways. This way at least I'd known I'd given them the best chance I could.

No one knows. Not even Mandos knows where your kind goes, or if he does he does not speak of it. We have theories, sure. But we do not know.