Serena said "You should tend to your other guests before us, my lord..." She smiled and moved away, Bane shaking his head. "She's been like  this for weeks...I can't understand why she is pushing so hard..." Bilbo said "Maybe she needs to hear it from someone just as driven as her? A common soul" Gandalf nodded and said "I wonder who here has been pushing for so long for one goal...and would understand the trials it puts on the body and mind" He looked at Thorin pointedly.