He's easy to surprise, now - he can't hear, the way he used to. But he's still on a trigger finger, as it were, and his instinctive reaction to sudden arms are to try and break free, only to still with abrupt suddeness, eyes wide and breath short.

"T-tyelko?" His voice shakes. Damn. He hasn't lost control like that in years.

"I... Celegorm?"