Legolas looked at the auburn she-elf, almost appearing offended by her teasing. "Tauriel", he said, dumbfounded by the action of giving away one of his more private affairs to someone else in a very embarrassing fashion. It wasn't in his nature to blush, but he was, slightly, before looking away from Yavanna, in order to hide it. For that, he was looking around, almost as an excuse to forget about what just recently happened.

"The news of Smaug's death will spread", he said, before having to look up at the Lonely Mountain in the distance. "I fear that this is only the beginning of something very bad to come", the blonde elf admitted, saying his thoughts aloud for only the two she-elves to hear.