"Too look ahead." Gandalf answered, with a slight hint of annoyance in his voice.
"And what brought you back?" the dwarf prince enquired with a raised eyebrow of his own.
"Looking behind." Gandalf cleared his throat, rapping one of the stone trolls on the nose with the end of his staff. "Nasty business, still you are all in one piece." the wizard concluded with a small smile.

"Thanks." Kili grunted, smiling gratefully at Maleficent as the fae freed him, and quickly kicked himself free of the sack to help her untie his brother and the rest of the dwarves. They hadn't known each other very long and yet he still found he liked her rather a lot. Maybe they would be good friends as this journey wore on.