Oh well. I don't really think you're wrong. I was more notorious than the road was.

[ It's true that his father has pride in that difficult ramp of a road. He built the castle with his own hands and dug the roadway largely on his own. ]

[ He chuckles. ] It was, that's true. Nothing and no one could get up there unless we wanted them to. It was just. . . [ He wrinkles his nose. ] . . . the legitimate visitors and emissaries. It's a good thing we hadn't invented lawyers back then. We'd have got sued for negligence, for sure!

[ Curufin longs to visit Eregion as it was when Celebrimbor first established it and made that alliance with the Dwarves. Ah, if only they could turn back the clock! ]