She smiled fondly at him. Even now he did not seem to understand what was occurring, that this was not real. This could not be real because fate was not so kind. That was a lesson that had been hard learned recently and one that she did not care to repeat by letting herself believe again that she and Kili could be together. The ache was already too still and seeing him had only kindled the pain.

Even now though she could not deny that she loved him. A part of her may wish that she did not, to protect herself from this pain that would surely last longer than the brief time that she had known him. But how could she deny the power of such a feeling? Surely no mere infatuation could hold say over her.

"There are no such Halls here," she said, leaning down to press a kiss to his forehead. How she wished that it were possible to hold this moment forever, to never leave him. If she had it in her power she would never let him leave this place, that they would never be parted again. "But I will stay with you for as long as you are here. For a brief moment my heart feels whole again."