[He could be proud of Kili getting just as indignant as him, he really could be. Thorin had said the same thing to the men he'd been working with, they had agreed with him, but...]
Aye and they would, but coin is what counts, not what is right.
[Thorin sighs, standing from his chair and he'll round it to stand before his nephew, a dirty hand rests on Kili's shoulder and he's so glad he's here. If he'd not been he may have raged and destroyed the room in his anger, but together they could weather through this.]
Coin is what will help them and this son of man that does not wish for my work has plenty of it. I cannot get in the way of that. [For he understood sacrificing things to make ends meet for those you loved. For your family. Insulting as it was, he wouldn't ruin things for these humans who had time and again let him work in their forge to make his own ends meet, but it would leave a sour taste in his mouth for a while.]
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Aye and they would, but coin is what counts, not what is right.
[Thorin sighs, standing from his chair and he'll round it to stand before his nephew, a dirty hand rests on Kili's shoulder and he's so glad he's here. If he'd not been he may have raged and destroyed the room in his anger, but together they could weather through this.]
Coin is what will help them and this son of man that does not wish for my work has plenty of it. I cannot get in the way of that. [For he understood sacrificing things to make ends meet for those you loved. For your family. Insulting as it was, he wouldn't ruin things for these humans who had time and again let him work in their forge to make his own ends meet, but it would leave a sour taste in his mouth for a while.]