"If they ever do." Sometimes he thought Thorin would never accept the help of others, but perhaps if he had not caught the dragon sickness...

It was different for him since the insults were stories to him instead of memory. Even if he had not fallen in love with Tauriel he would have considered accepting the help of elves.

"To a dwarf, that was a warm welcome." But he could imagine that Elladan had probably been subjected to the kind of lectures Thorin gave Kili when he was caught in mischief. "Elders are the same no matter where they hail from. They think we should be proper and boring."