"Perhaps not," Kili agreed, not about to admit being in the wrong so easily, "but she made a promise to make this journey with us and she has chosen them over us. Whether she returns later or not makes little difference because she never should have left in the first place." he narrowed his eyes as Fili stopped him from walking. "We're wasting time on this!"

"And this would help their suffering how?" Mel pressed the point, clearly not about to drop everything to follow Legolas into unknown territories on some whim of his. "They have need of healers and people strong enough to fight and help rebuild what was destroyed because of the dwarves [i]we[/i] allowed to go free."