01x02 - Adrift

[bunniefuu]

[Galadriel] My brother gave
his life hunting Sauron.

His task is now mine.

[Thondir] Commander Galadriel.

This company has followed you
to the very edge of the world.

It's been years since
the last Orc was sighted.

[Galadriel] This mark's very
existence proves Sauron escaped.

The question now is, where?

The evil is gone.

Then why is it not gone from in here?

[Gil-galad] These heroes shall be
granted a passage across the sea

to dwell for all eternity.

[Elrond] You have fought
long enough, Galadriel.

[whooshing]

Put up your sword.

[Galadriel] Without it, what am I to be?

[whooshing]

Are you acquainted with the
work of Lord Celebrimbor?

[Elrond] The greatest of
Elven-smiths, of course.

What's one of them doing here?

She's got some sort of a sickness.

- Where has she been grazing?
- She wandered east a few days ago.

How far east?

[Bronwyn] Hordern.

[voices whispering in Black Speech]

[Nori] Haven't you ever
wondered what else is out there?

Beyond our wanderin'.

Nobody goes off trail
and nobody walks alone.

- [Sadoc] The skies are strange.
- [whooshing]

[expl*si*n]

[theme music playing]

[breathing echoing]

[panting]

[crackling]

- Nori!
- [gasps] Poppy!

Have the wheels come off your
cart? Get away from there!

Shh!

You shouldn't sneak
up on folk like that.

- Well, you shouldn't be here.
- Shh!

[both gasping, exclaiming]

[whispering] It's not hot.

[Poppy whispering] Fine. It's not hot.

Doesn't change the fact that
there's a giant in there.

She's making that face.
Not that face, Nori...

Nori!

Nori, don't!

[Nori gasping]

[panting]

Nori, don't! He's dead! Come on!

[screaming]

- No! Don't! Don't! Please!
- [indistinct shouting echoing]

[gasps]

[whooshing]

No!

[wind whistling]

[whooshing]

What...

[gasping]

[gasps]

Your mam's gonna k*ll ya.

You're not telling her.
Neither am I. Quick sticks.

We can't leave him like this
or the wolves will get him.

- So?
- So, that's not who we are.

That's not who you are.

I can't carry him alone.
Are you gonna help me or not?

- Not.
- Poppy!

How exactly are we
supposed to carry a giant?

[whispering] Must've been a star fall.

A big one.

How many signs do you need?

Ask me, we ought to
break camp this moment.

- [sighs]
- What about the festival?

Let's not do anything rash just yet.

More'n likely we're safer
in camp than we are out.

But keep an eye out, the both of you.

- Malva's right.
- Yes.

This does not bode well.

Now, away with you. Go on.

[snaps fingers] Pssk!

- All right, all right, all right.
- Go on. Hurry up.

[rustling]

- [rustling]
- [gasping]

- [rustling]
- [gasps]

Look at him. He's bleeding massive.

- He's got to be...
- He's not a troll!

All right, smart-foot. Then what is he?

Uh, maybe he's big folk.

Human?

[scoffs] No way. He'd be squished.

Elf, maybe?

- Wrong ears. And he's not handsome.
- [laughs]

Not to mention, Elves
don't fall from the sky.

Nobody does. As far as I know.

He did.

- Are you even pullin'?
- Yeah, of course I'm pullin'!

- Well, pull harder!
- Shh!

This is ludicrous. He's never
gonna fit in that old cart.

It's just for one night.

In the mornin', we'll pack him up
some food and send him on his way.

- What way?
- That's a tomorrow problem.

- This isn't an adventure.
- What's that supposed to mean?

- I didn't go looking for this.
- But you're not turning away.

- Because I can't.
- Because you won't.

This stranger isn't a Man, or an Elf,

or some baby eagle with a broken wing.

- That was one time.
- He's something else.

[thuds]

[both panting]

[sighs] Maybe he's something dangerous.

Now you sound just like
Malva and the sisters.

Oh, it's not just them.

Anybody finds out that
we helped a stranger,

and anything bad that
happens the next three seasons

will be our fault.

If a fog lasts a little too long,
a wheel gets stuck in a rut...

Oh, great goats!

[Poppy] Faster, before it crashes!

[Nori] Oh, so now you care about him.

[Poppy] No, no! The
wheelbarrow, it's not mine!

[crickets chirping]

- [laughs]
- [The Stranger mumbles]

[snoring]

Why you doing this, Nori?

- I feel like he's my responsibility.
- You feel like everyone

- is your responsibility.
- No.

This is different.

He could've landed
anywhere, and he landed here.

I know it sounds strange, but
somehow I just know he's important.

It's like there's a
reason this happened.

Like I was supposed to find him. Me.

I can't walk away from that.
Not till I know he's safe.

Can you?

Fine. I won't tell anyone.

Thank you.

[Poppy] What does a giant eat, anyway?

Hope it's not Harfoots.

[Nori] Just the ones
that can't keep a secret.

[crickets chirping]

[fire crackling]

[creaking]

[Bronwyn] The earth
is riven with fissures.

Like in a ground-shake.

[Arondir] No bodies.

No wounded.

Perhaps they all fled.

[flies buzzing]

[Arondir] Perhaps.

[latch opening]

This was Ciaran's home.

And... Hana. His wife was Hana.

This was no ground-shake.
Someone dug this passage.

Something.

Men did not do this.

Go. Warn your people.

You're not coming with me?

I must follow the passage.
The other direction.

- You don't know what's down there.
- That is the reason I must go.

[sighs]

[wind whistling]

[birds chirping]

[Elrond] Fëanor's hammer.

The tool that wrought the Silmarils.

The jewels that contain
the very light of Valinor.

Strange, isn't it?

How one object could be responsible
for creating so much beauty...

And so much pain.

True creation requires sacrifice.

They say that Morgoth found
the Silmarils so beautiful

that after he'd stolen them, for weeks,

he could do nothing but
stare into their depths.

Hmm.

It was only after one of his
tears fell upon the jewels

and he was faced with the
evil of his own reflection,

that the reverie was finally broken.

From that moment, he...

He looked upon their light no more.

[sighs]

Fëanor's work nearly turned the heart

of the Great Foe himself. [laughs]

What has mine ever accomplished?

I... It has turned my heart, my lord.

The heart of many an Elf.

But I aspire to do far more than that.

An Age ago, our kind
brought w*r to these shores.

I want to fill them with beauty.

To grow beyond petty
works of jewel-craft,

and devise something of real power.

What is it you hope to craft?

"What" is but a glint
on the far horizon.

You have come to Eregion to
help me achieve the "how."

A tower?

[Celebrimbor] One that can host

a forge more powerful
than any ever built.

Able to birth a flame as
hot as a dragon's tongue,

and as pure as starlight.

The things we could use it to
create could transform Middle-earth.

What seems to be the difficulty?

I need it completed by spring.

My lord, that would require a...

A workforce greater
than any ever assembled.

Yes. The High King cannot provide one.

So he has sent me you instead.

Have you considered seeking partners

outside the confines of our own race?

How far outside?

[wind whooshing]

[Celebrimbor] An alliance
with the Dwarves would be

the diplomatic achievement of the age.

[Elrond] Their prince, Durin,
is an old and dear friend.

Almost like a brother to me.

[Celebrimbor] I've heard the Dwarves

have greatly expanded
their halls of late.

They... They sculpt the rock

with the respect of one who
cares for an aged parent.

I've long wanted to see them work.

I had no idea you admired them so.

I admire all who can see
into the mystery of things,

who can divine from the
plainness of what is,

the beauty of what could be...

Might your friend be able to
grant me access to their workshops?

[Elrond] Oh, if I know Durin,
he'll do far more than that.

He'll welcome us with open arms,

rams' horns blaring,

tables filled with salted pork,

- and enough malt beer to fill the Anduin.
- [scraping]

[Dwarf] What do you want?

It is Elrond of Lindon,

accompanied by Celebrimbor,
Lord of Eregion.

We seek an audience with Prince Durin.

- [Dwarf] No.
- [scraping]

My apologies.

Inform Lord Durin that
his friend, Elrond...

[Dwarf] His judgment has
already been rendered, Elf.

Rams' horns?

All right, then, my friend.

I invoke the Rite of Sigin-tarâg.

What is the Rite of...

[loud creaking, rumbling]

- [Dwarf commands in Khuzdul]
- [Dwarves grunt]

[in English] I'll rejoin you in Eregion.

Are you certain you
know what you're doing?

Lord Celebrimbor, trust me.

You are master of your craft, my friend.

Allow me a few days to work mine.

[Dwarf grunts]

[Dwarf commands in Khuzdul]

[creaking]

[clanks]

[axes clank]

[exclaims in Quenya] Elmendéa...

[Dwarf grunts]

[Dwarves chattering in Khuzdul]

[Dwarves chanting in unison]

[horn blowing]

[chanting intensifies]

[chanting stops]

- [shouts] Khazad!
- [Dwarves] Dûm!

[Dwarves laughing]

My heart sings to see you, old...

The Elf Elrond has invoked
the Rite of Sigin-tarâg.

[Dwarves laughing]

The Dwarven test of endurance,

fashioned by Aulë himself.

[Dwarves agreeing]

Once we lift our hammers,

we shall break the great stones
until one of us can break no more.

[Dwarves cheering]

Should the Elf forfeit,

he will be banished
from all Dwarven lands.

[Dwarves agreeing]

Forever!

[Dwarves laughing, cheering]

Does the Elf understand?

The Elf does.

In the unlikely event
the Elf should win...

- [laughs]
- [Dwarves laughing]

We shall grant a single
boon. But should he lose...

Banished. Yes. Understood.

[mockingly] Mmm.

Begin!

[horn blowing]

[Dwarves chanting] Durin! Durin! Durin!

Durin! Durin! Durin!

- Durin! Durin! Durin! Durin!
- [thuds]

- Durin! Durin!
- [chanting stops]

[clanks]

- [Dwarves exclaim]
- [grunts, cheers]

[Dwarves cheering]

Here we go, Elf.

[Dwarves exclaim]

[panting]

- [scraping]
- [gasps]

[breathing heavily]

[grunts] Mm.

[voices whispering]

Hello?

- [shouting echoes]
- [whooshing]

Wait! Wait, it's me!

It's me! Stop!

- [birds screeching]
- [trees creaking]

Wait!

I helped you last night.
You remember me, don't you?

[voices whispering]

Don't you?

[whispering continues]

[wind dwindles]

Okay.

[breathing heavily]

How 'bout this then...

I won't harm you.

You won't harm me. Deal?

Well, that's a start then, isn't it?

Now, proper things
first. Father always says,

"A Harfoot without manners is as like to

get far in life as a square wheel." So...

I'm Nori.

I'm Nori.

[mumbling] I...

No, I'm Nori.

[mumbles] No, I'm Nori.

What about your name? You?

You don't remember, do you?

Suppose you did fall quite a long way.

Anybody's head would be
a bit higgledy-piggledy.

I fell out of a tree once.

For a whole week, I kept calling
strawberries "pigberries."

Can you imagine? A pigberry?

It's food.

[grunts]

They do eat where
you're from, don't they?

Of course they do, Nori,
what a silly question.

[grunts]

[grunts]

Mm. [licking]

[licking]

Hmm.

[crunching]

[stammers] No... That's not how you...

[grunting]

[crunching]

- Largo! Largo!
- [lively chatter, laughter]

Leave him, Malva. Why don't you help?

I am helping by asking him to help.

Aw, stop your lounge-a-daising
and lend us a foot.

Well, I think Nori was looking
forward to helping out with that.

Nori? Nori?

[crunching]

Where is it you're from, anyway?

Where do you belong?
Where are all the others?

You know, of your kind? Like you?

Are there any others?

- And up she goes...
- [Harfoots grunting]

Come on, big fella.

[laughing]

[grunts]

- [rope creaking]
- [Malva] Put your back into it, lads!

- [scraping]
- [breathing heavily]

What is it?

[in other language] Mana...

Is it some sort of map?

[Malva] Come on, lads!

- [Largo grunting]
- [Sadoc laughing]

[Malva] It's got space.

Mana... Mana...

[breathing heavily]

Úrë...

[exclaims, grunting]

- [snaps]
- [bone crunches]

- [groaning]
- [all exclaiming]

Mana... Mana...

Úrë... Úrë...

Úrë... Mana...

It just looks like a
batch of dots and loops.

- Úrë...
- I don't understand.

- Mana!
- I'm trying to help you, but I...

[shouting] Úrë!

I'm just a Harfoot!

[panting]

- [Poppy] Nori!
- [gasps]

[shouting]

[Nori] Friend!

Friend. Just a friend.

Nori.

It's your father.

[Largo groans]

Wow! Blueberry indeed. [laughs]

[sighs]

Nori, I'm fine.

I... I slipped on wet grass
is all. It's just a twist.

There's nothing to worry... [groans]

- [Nori] Mam...
- Never you mind.

I should've been here.

[Marigold] You're here now, all right?

Now, go on, fetch me some
cold water and some salt.

[indistinct chatter]

How bad is it? Can he migrate?

[sniffling]

[indistinct chatter]

You saw him.

Couldn't put the weight
of a leaf on that leg.

- Much less pull a cart.
- Mind your own fire, Malva.

[exclaiming sarcastically]

[bellowing echoes]

[gasping]

[Galadriel] Over here!

[panting]

Come. Come closer.

- What do you think you're doing?
- I'm not leaving her adrift.

[man] Suppose you'll
be sharing your rations?

The tides of fate are flowing.

[woman] If no one else will.

Yours may be heading in, or out.

[woman] Refuse to bring her aboard,
and her death will be on our hands.

[man] Didn't seem bothered when
we was debating Doble's death.

Cruelty will not be our deliverance.

[man] Don't let her on.

[woman] Pull her up.

[grunts]

[panting]

[man] No.

Answers first.

Why are you out here?

I was separated from my ship.

att*cked?

[woman whimpering hysterically]

Then you've not seen it?

Seen what?

[whimpering hysterically]

The worm.

We set out two weeks ago, sailing...

- Need we tell her all our affairs?
- [woman] Why not?

Does she look dangerous to you?

Looks can be deceiving.

An Elf.

Remove your hand from me, sir.

You liar.

- We're saved. We're saved. Look!
- [woman] Hurry!

[screaming] Look! Over here!

Help us!

Hurry, help me build a torch. Hurry!

Wait! Until we can see the sails.

Corsairs prowl these waters.
Do you want to be skinned alive?

[gasps]

That's no corsair ship.

That's our ship.

The worm!

Be still.

[bellowing]

- [water gushing]
- [all screaming]

- The Elf led it right to us.
- [Galadriel shouts]

[people shouting]

[man] It's coming!

[people shouting]

[woman screaming] Help!

- [crashes]
- [people scream]

[splashing]

[breathing heavily]

[gasps]

[panting]

[grunts]

[both grunting]

What are you called?

[panting]

Galadriel.

I'm Halbrand.

What's our heading?

[Dwarves cheer]

[Dwarves cheer]

[grunts]

[grunts]

[Dwarves cheer]

[both grunting]

[laughing]

[grunts]

[Dwarves cheer]

[Dwarves cheering and laughing]

[laughs]

- [grunts]
- [Dwarves cheering]

[laughing]

[chuckles]

[Dwarves cheering]

[shouts]

Yes!

[Dwarves chanting] Durin! Durin! Durin!

Durin! Durin! Durin!

Durin! Durin! Durin! Durin! Durin!

A dog may bark at the moon.

But he cannot bring it down.

Take your leave.

Perhaps His Lordship would be
willing to escort me to the exit?

Gladly.

[lift clicking, creaking]

Remarkable. I never dreamed
to find your city so changed.

Now, years will do that.

Has it been only ?

You must tell me your secret.

Our secrets are our own.

Durin, have I offended you?

To answer that, we'd need a longer lift.

If you wish to discharge
me without explanation,

- that is your choice.
- You bet your feathery shirts it is.

But before squandering
the best opportunity

any Dwarf-prince has
had in a generation,

you might at least listen
to the proposal I bring.

Ah, there it is.

The true purpose of your
visit. You want something.

I journeyed here to see my
friend, whom I've greatly missed.

Missed? You missed my wedding.

The birth of my children, two of them!

You cannot barge into my mountain and

demand I welcome you with open arms.

You cannot claim that
which you discarded.

Discarded? Durin, I...

Twenty years might be the
blink of an eye to an Elf.

But I've lived an
entire life in that time.

A life you missed.

[grumbles]

[thuds]

[Prince Durin scoffs]

So, what do you have to say to that...

"Friend?"

Congratulations.

On your wife, your children.

I hope you can come to forgive me.

And I would like very much to
apologize to your family as well.

Hmm.

One apology to Disa and you're off.

No getting better acquainted.

No reminiscing about the past. And
absolutely no staying for dinner.

Understood.

[Disa] Aulë's beard! No!

This cannot be Elrond, can it?

I fear so, fair lady.

[exclaiming heartily]

[grumbles]

Durin didn't tell me you were coming.

Durin didn't know.

I've been remiss in not visiting sooner.

An oversight, for which I am
here to humbly ask forgiveness.

- You're staying for dinner.
- He's leaving.

- He's staying.
- He's leaving!

[sternly] He's staying.

- [children laughing]
- [Disa laughs]

Hey! I told you two to
stay out of my heads!

[Disa] And I told you wee
monsters to stay in bed.

Oh, come on!

Gerda! Gamli! Come on, hurry along.

[Gerda] Ow!

Make yourself comfortable, please.

But not too comfortable.

[Disa] Gamli, please.

[Prince Durin] It's off to
the salt mines the both of ya!

Cave-trolls and
stalagmite spiders galore!

[Disa and Prince Durin laughing]

[Elrond] How did you two
first become acquainted?

I was resonating a
freshly-opened chamber,

fairly confident we were onto
a sizable silver deposit...

"Resonating?" I've not
heard of resonating.

It's when we sing to the stone.

You see, a mountain's like a person.

It's a long and ever-changing
story made of countless small parts.

- Earth and ore, air and water.
- [slurping loudly]

Sing to it properly, each of those

parts will reflect your
song back to you,

telling you its story, showing
you what might be hidden,

where to mine, where to tunnel, and...

And where to leave
the mountain untouched.

It is a beautiful tradition.

[burps and sighs]

Anyway, we're unpacking our tools,
and my team suddenly grows quiet.

Then, I see our prince.

He's come to check on us.

Far below his purview, mind you.

First, I thought it merely curious.

That is, until he showed
up at our next survey.

And the one after that.
And the one after that.

Always did have a talent for lurking.

[laughs] Took weeks before he worked
up the courage to court me proper.

Two weeks at most.

- It was five.
- [Prince Durin] You're lying.

She's lying.

She may play coy now,

but she was a moon-eyed girl
in love from the moment we met.

Oof!

- Mmm!
- [Elrond laughs]

A very happy match, indeed.

Should've been at the wedding.

Enough.

- Your friend is here now.
- [slurping]

Can we not take joy in that?

He's not here for us.

His king sent him here
to take what's ours.

To the contrary. Coming
to Khazad-dûm was my idea.

And I have asked for
nothing but your ear.

Aye, and that's how it starts.

And soon enough, we're left
with our thumbs in our eyes.

- Elves for Elves, no?
- Has it ever been so between us?

- I don't know! Has it?
- Aulë's beard!

Can you not find a way to mend this?

[Prince Durin breathing heavily]

I see you planted the sapling.

Planted it. Raised it up.

Tends it like it's our third child.

What sort of tree is it, exactly?

A seedling of our Great Tree in Lindon.

The very symbol of our
people's strength and vitality.

[Disa] Some called him a fool

for believing it would
grow in such darkness.

Where there is love,
it is never truly dark.

How could it not grow
in a home like yours?

You're not leaving already?

I fear I've overstayed my welcome.

Thank you, Disa, for your hospitality.

Durin.

[grunts]

[sighs]

Sod it, sit down.

- Please. I hardly wish to intrude.
- I said sit.

Are you certain?

No. And I'm still angry. Tell
me about your king's proposal

so I can decide whether
to present it to my father

or toss it in the nearest slag pit.

You needn't keep your distance.

I am simply wondering what manner of man

would so readily abandon
his companions to death.

The sort that knows how to survive.

Why be part of the larger target?

You are a target still.

I doubt we shall find safety
until we make landfall.

I suspect finding safety
won't be that easy.

Leastways not for you.

"Separated" from your ship.

Really?

- You're a deserter, aren't you?
- Do I have the look of a deserter?

You don't have the look of someone
to whom things happen by accident.

Which means you were running.

Whether toward or from
something, I haven't yet decided.

Duty demanded I return to Middle-earth.

And that is all you need to know.

- Important Elf business, no doubt.
- What have Elves ever done to you?

Do you blame us for
your being stranded here?

The way I see it, it wasn't Elves
that chased me from my homeland.

It was Orcs.

[blazing]

Your home. Where was it?

What's it matter?

It's ashes now.

I know something of the pain you carry.

I grieve for you.

For those you lost.

Around your neck.

Was that the mark of your people's king?

- My people have no king.
- But if they did,

- where might that kingdom be found?
- To what end?

What if I told you we
might be able to reclaim it?

- [scoffs] I'm afraid you're short an army.
- Leave the army to me.

Why're you dodging the question?

Why're you stranded at sea?

Because rather than rest in
glory, I chose to seek out

the very enemy responsible
for your suffering.

Look, Elf. You didn't cause my
suffering and you can't fix it.

No matter how strong
your will. Or your pride.

So let it lie.

I have pursued this foe since before

the first sunrise bloodied the sky.

It would take longer than your lifetime

even to speak the names of
those they have taken from me.

So letting it lie is not an option.

At last, a little honesty.

If you want to m*rder Orcs and
settle a score, that's your affair.

Don't dress it up as heroism.

Are you going to tell me
where the enemy is or not?

The Southlands.

[sighs]

I need to know how many the enemy were,

under whose banner they marched,

and then you are going to take
me to their last-known location.

I've got my own plans, Elf.

[thunder breaking]

[wind whooshing]

Prepare yourself.

- Watch it!
- [man] Easy now, love.

- [chopping]
- What do you mean, "no bodies?"

I mean the entire village was empty.

It was as if the ground has swallowed up

the people of Hordern like flies.

The ground here is
tetchy. Always has been.

And Crookfinger Lake's
always seepin' vapors.

- Mmm.
- [Bronwyn] I saw a tunnel.

Dug deep, and with care.

By what, I cannot say, but
they were digging towards us.

I tell you, we remain here at our peril.

We must spread the word.

- [chops]
- No! I will not have this gossip, Bronwyn.

I've seen landslides less
dangerous than a wayward tongue,

and without proof or
puddin', that's all it'd be.

Waldreg, we're all alone.

Ostirith is empty. The
watchtower abandoned.

Yes, I know, and I'm
not invitin' them Elves

back on account of some sinkhole.

Havin' them gone is a relief.
Well, for most of us, anyhow.

[creaking]

Bloody mice.

[grunting]

- [thudding]
- Stupid, bastard mice!

[grunting]

[screams]

[rustling]

[gasping]

[grunts]

[stones falling in distance]

[voices whispering]

[stones falling]

- [growling echoes]
- [gasps]

[growling]

[rats squeaking]

[grunting frantically]

[rapid rustling]

[exclaims]

[gasping]

[grunting]

[breathing heavily]

[bubbling]

[breathing heavily]

[crumbling]

[panting]

Theo?

Theo?

[door opens]

[shushing]

[whispering] Theo, what's
wrong? What happened?

Get help. Go.

[thudding, scraping]

[creaks]

[stones falling]

[clatter]

[panting]

[raspy breathing]

[panting]

[bones creaking]

[raspy breathing]

[shuddering]

[raspy breathing]

[sniffing rapidly]

- [footsteps approaching]
- [floorboards creaking]

[shuddering]

[floorboard creaking]

[clattering]

[objects shattering]

- [loud thud]
- [clattering]

[screaming]

[groans]

- [slashes]
- [groans]

[growling]

[groaning]

- Theo, run!
- [grunting]

[grunting]

- [thudding]
- [groaning]

Hey! [grunts]

- [gas hisses]
- [groaning]

[growling]

[Theo] Stop!

- [screaming]
- [crashing]

[snarling]

- [shouting]
- [groans]

- [groans]
- [thuds]

[metal clinking]

- [growling]
- [grunting]

[Theo shouting]

[choking]

[groaning loudly]

- [coughing]
- [growling]

[shouting]

- [all exclaim]
- [panting]

If there are any of you
here who want to live,

we make for the Elven
tower at first light.

- [thunder breaking]
- [waves crashing]

We need to tie the
boat! It's coming apart!

The wind is too strong.

[Halbrand] Grab the ropes!

[grunting]

[grunting]

Come on! Give me your hand!

[grunts]

Bind yourself to me!

Come on! Give me your hand!

[thunder breaks]

[groans]

[gasping]

[both grunting]

[breathing heavily]

[both grunting]

[The Stranger breathing deeply]

Hello? It's me. It's me, Nori.

[breathing deeply]

You see, the next migration is in just

a few days now, and everything's gone...

Three rabbits to the moon.

I wanted to help you.

I thought I could, but I'm sorry.

[breathing heavily]

[gasps]

It's a lantern. We use fireflies.

[breathing heavily]

[fireflies trilling]

[exclaiming]

[whispering in other language]

[gasping]

[whispering in other language]

What's he saying to them?

I don't speak firefly.

[whispering continues]

They're stars.

A kind of constellation.

Okay? They're stars?
What does that mean?

[Nori] This is how we help him.

He wants us to help
him find those stars.

[whispers] That's it, isn't it?

Isn't it?

[panting]

I've never seen those stars before.

But I have a pretty good
idea where I can find them.

[shuddering]

Nori?

[shudders]

[gasps]

I'm certain of it. He doesn't know.

Perhaps.

Perhaps not.

You've always had
sandstone in your granite

as far as the Elves were concerned.

Tell me, do you not
think it's a coincidence

that an Elf should just
land on our doorstep? Now?

I've known Elrond for
half a century, Father.

I'd sense it if he
were hiding something.

Perhaps he sensed that it was
you who was hiding something.

You think too much of their kind.

We're the ones holding the
long end of the hammer here.

Aye. For now.

[Prince Durin] Elrond
is a friend. I trust him.

[King Durin] There can be no
trust between hammer and rock.

Eventually one or the
other must surely break.

[creaking]

[crickets chirping]

[oozing]

[hissing, sizzling]

[Bronwyn] Theo!

You ready?

Yes, Mother. I'm ready.

[blowing]

[footsteps]

[shuddering]

[panting]