Do you believe the possibility of a true friendship between a man and a woman?

Aragorn ponders the question as he watches the smoke rise in thin tendrils from his pipe.

Yes, he believes that is possible, he knows that is possible. He only needs to think of Arwen, of how after all the ugliness and harsh words that passed between them while the wraith had taken her over she was still there for him, she was his friend when he needed one, a warm touch, loving arms, words of hope and faith.

What he is not sure of is whether that kind of friendship can exist with a woman you haven't already shared yourself with.