Fili had his large blade within his hand as he stayed where he was near the sleeping dwarves, while watching his younger brother approach the source of the noise. He could hear the chatter, but he didn't want to alert Thorin and the others with something that was a small problem. It would be best for them to keep quiet and listen, just to make sure that it was a threat or not. He shook his head to Kili as a message to not worry about the others, and keep going. 

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"A cursed one would stick to the shadows and not some bounty to those of greed", the she-elf told him in a calm, but strong voice that didn't condescend. Her yellow-green eyes luminesced in glimmer within the moonlight as her dagger was kept in place towards him. "Verify and confirm that you will know your place, and leave me", she told him in defense, clearly telling him that she prefers to be left alone. "A beast guards this place, and he has a foul taste in trespassers like yourself", Maleficent warned him after a growl was heard nearby. It was definitely that beast. He was indeed nearby...