The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Page #4

Did he offer you a deal?

He did.

I told him he could go

sh kakhf ai-'d dr-rugnu!

Him and all his kin!

Well, that's that, then.

A deal was our only hope.

Not our only hope.

I know you're there.

Why do you linger in the shadows?

I was coming to report to you.

I thought I ordered that nest

to be destroyed not two moons past.

We cleared...

...the forest as ordered, my lord.

But more spiders keep...

...coming up from the South.

They are spawning in...

...the ruins of Dol Guldur.

If we could kill them at their source...

That fortress lies beyond our borders.

Keep our lands clear of those

foul creatures. That is your task.

And when we drive them off, what then?

Will they not spread to other lands?

Other lands are not my concern.

The fortunes of the world...

...will rise and fall.

But here in this...

...kingdom, we will endure.

Legolas said you fought well today.

He has grown very fond of you.

I assure you, my lord...

...Legolas thinks of me as

no more than a captain of the guard.

Perhaps he did once.

Now I am not so sure.

I do not think you would allow your son...

...to pledge himself to a lowly Silvan Elf.

No, you are right. I would not.

Still, he cares about you.

Do not give him hope where there is none.

The stone in your hand, what is it?

It is a talisman.

A powerful spell lies upon it.

If any but a Dwarf

reads the runes on this stone...

...they will be forever cursed.

Or not.

Depending on whether you believe

in that kind of thing. It's just a token.

A rune stone.

My mother...

...gave it to me

so I'd remember my promise.

What promise?

That I would come back to her.

She worries.

She thinks I'm reckless.

Are you?

Nah.

Sounds like quite a party...

...you're having up there.

It is Mereth e-nGilith...

...the Feast of Starlight.

All light is sacred to the Eldar.

But Wood Elves love best

the light of the stars.

I always thought it is a cold light.

Remote and far away.

It is memory...

...precious and pure.

Like your promise.

I have walked there sometimes.

Beyond the forest...

...and up into the night.

I have seen the world fall away...

...and the white light

of forever fill the air.

I saw a fire moon once.

It rose over the pass near Dunland. Huge.

Red and gold, it was. It filled the sky.

We were an escort for some merchants

from Ered Luin. They were...

...trading in silverwork for furs.

We took the Greenway south...

...keeping the mountain to our left.

And then it appeared.

This huge fire moon...

...lighting our path.

I wish I could show you the caverns.

Galion, you old rogue,

we're running out of drink.

These empty barrels should have been

sent back to Esgaroth hours ago.

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