"Huh." Elladan shrugs back. "Well, for that I will be grateful, in which case! Far be it from me to refuse good will from strangers!"

"Ah!" Elladan points, and then nods enthusiastically. "Of course! Your brother was one of those who contacted me, yes, but I have seen you before, a long time ago, for me. At a distance, and I do not think you actually saw me. But you were with Thorin Oakenshield, when he passed through Rivendell."