"It is the quickest way." Gandalf insisted. "We will take the Elven road, that path is still safe."
"Safe?" Beorn scoffed, shaking his head. "The Wood Elves of Mirkwood are not like their kin, they are less wise, and more dangerous."

Kili swallowed nervously. He wasn't sure he liked the idea of venturing through some elven forest any more than Thorin did.