“Yeah we’ll be safe, Uncle!” Fili said after finishing his mouthful of pastry, it was well known that Thorin had to answer to his sister when it came to the safety of his nephews. But the boys had promised their mother that they would be safe, that they’d always come back to her. Fili loved his mother and would never go back on his promise but he wanted to go on an adventure, one that would test his skills and craft him into someone like his uncle. Fili looked up to his uncle greatly, Thorin was someone that he wanted to be like…although…not so much in the moody department, Fili was much more talkative than his uncle. 

Dis watched her boys from across the table where she sat with her brother. Both boys were excited, they always looked forward to hunting with their uncle, or just when Thorin would take them to do something. She smiled as she ate quietly. It was a joy when her boys looked so happy. “Don’t eat too fast,” she warned, “or you’ll choke on your food.” She always worried that her boys would choke. Fili was on his third pastry by the time his mother decided to pack a lunch for the three of them. She packed a few pastries, one for each of them, a few biscuits, some cheese, dried meat and apples. It was quick, simple and easy for when they were hunting. 

She packed the food into a soft leather bag before setting it aside and heading back into the kitchen. She kissed the tops of her sons’ heads. “I have to run a few errands, if you decide to leave before I get back please clean the kitchen.” She asked her brother before slipping on her boots and tugging a shawl around her shoulders before leaving with an empty woven basket in hand.

Fili wiped his mouth on one of the cloth napkins that had been laid out on the table. “So uncle, were will be we going?” he asked curiously. They had been to many places in the forest and he was hoping that they would go to somewhere new. He liked the old hunting spots but Fili was just as adventurous as his brother Kili, and almost as reckless but being the older brother meant he couldn’t just charge head on into things like Kili could. He needed to keep his brother safe after all.