Kili paused, turning to look at the she-elf. He frowned for a moment but left his brother and stepped back from the shore, walking back to Saeril. "What is it? We have to go, we have to leave now. Get to the mountain, back to the others."

Mel slowly approached the pair, looking out over the lake towards Erebor in the distance. "Is that wise...?" the Mirkwood elf asked warily. "Thorin was willing to sacrifice all of Laketown for whatever they found in there...how do we know they won't turn on us?"