"I would not leave you for this little time we may have together," she said, reaching out to brush several strands of hair from his face. So handsome in ways that Men and Elves were not. There was a ruggedness to his expression, but a nobleness of well that spoke of his royal bloodline. But there was mirth and playfulness in his eyes and the corner of his mouth that no king she knew of possessed. It was what first drew her to him and she was pleased to see that it remained even in death, even in sorrow.

"And I would have loved you for all eternity, my Kili. Though the pain of losing you I fear is more than I can bear. Never have I felt such grief, to know love so briefly before it was lost. I do not wish your sacrifice to be in vain but I do not know how to live with such pain."