Maleficent smiled small, as she heard Mel's apology. She nodded once before letting go of the other she-elf. Looking back down at her resting godson, the winged elf gave a sigh while watching him sleep before kneeling down slowly and giving a gentle kiss to his forehead. Her life was almost complete now, and having both of the twins in safety. "Barrel rider", Bilbo answered immediately to the psychopathic creature. "Barrels? Now that is interesting. And what about your little dwarf friends? Where are they hiding?", Smaug asked him with another low growl. Bilbo tries to pretend that he doesn’t understand what the dragon was referring to. "Dw...dwarves? No. No, no. No dwarves here. You’ve got that all wrong" "Oh, I don’t think so, barrel rider. They sent you in here to do their dirty work while they skulk about outside" "Truly, you are mistaken, oh Smaug, chiefest and greatest of calamities"