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"Hehehehe Jen... I am not bashing Aragorn in general! But that was a wimpy moment. One wimpy sentence in the middle of a fabulous dialogue."

Isn't this a 'real' moment ... that makes Stryder seem 'real' to us?

"I hoped you would take me for my own sake. A hunted man sometimes wearies of distrust and longs for friendship"...

It is one of the moments that let's us open our heart to him (a bit). Rings of 'real' truth. I do not consider it to be whiny. Maybe I look to hard for warmth in another.

Exactly right. It's not whiny at all. Aragorn at this point is a forlorne individual, pursuing and battling the enemies of his forefathers, but enjoying none of the privilege and recognition his forebears had when they were kings in the North and South, and having no certainty that his line would continue through him.

His was a long, lonely quest. Naturally he would seek friendship among those decent people his paths crossed.