He's clearly a big girl's blouse, look, he even whispers the word
Balrog, like when you're talking about the dog's upcoming boosters and you lean in across the tea table and say "You
know, the
V.
E.
T....." in a low whisper. This shadow reminds him of another shadow. But it doesn't remind him of the Balrog or he'd have said "...the Balrog." not "...the shadow of the Balrog."
Bah. Even his name gives him away.
Gimli
Girli
Tell
me you could tell them apart from a distance....