"It is better treatment than what I've seen in some markets. Sometimes they are suspicious of strangers." Perhaps not elves, but dwarves... His kin had been wanderers. That did not always give them the best reputations.

"Did you speak to him before or after the enchantment?" He might need to explain his brother's behavior if it had been when they were all bespelled. Studying Elladan, Kili tried to remember if he had seen him. He might have but there had been so much going on that he could not be certain. "I believe you're right. I do not think I saw you. Please forgive that lapse."

He could almost imagine what his uncle would say about him apologizing to an elf but the Library was no place for old grievances. Such things should be put aside. "My brother and I are the only ones from the Company that found our way here."