She looked at him and said "when I learned who you really were...I felt a connection to you. Having to watch those around you die or give into madness...it's too much for anyone to bare. My old home...before the monsters came, there were children who would come to my house and I would teach them and they would play in my yard...when I found the village burning...those children dead and gone from the world...I lost myself." She looked at her shaking hands and said "I can't bare to see that happen ever again...but you and Gandalf are right. I can't give my life for those who are gone...I have to live for them..." She looked at Thorin, looking tired and hurting for the first time without her trying to put on a brave face. "I think I need just as much help as you do, Thorin Oakenshield..."