Saeril knew it worked with Kili, and the sight of his wellbeing wasn't fake. With him laying his head against her shoulder, the she-elf gave a fonding smile at the sight.

What Balin perked up, it caught the man's interest. "Aye. But for that you would need a smuggler", and for them to pay double, it seemed to have worked as it did indeed take up the score to get across the lake. 

Back in Mirkwood, Legolas held the orc at knifepoint while holding him on his knees. "You were tracking the company of thirteen dwarves, and a winged she-elf. Why?", the prince demanded.