✱˚｡⋆ ↪ I SEE FIRE. ( a collection of dialogue prompts from peter jackson's 2013 film 𝒕he 𝒉obbit : the desolation of smaug. adjust phrasing / gendered terms as necessary. )
this is no chance meeting, is it, [ name ]?
take it back your homeland.
what if i were to help you reclaim it?
that's not the worst of it.
what did i tell you? quiet as a mouse.
will you just listen?! i'm trying to tell you there's something else out there.
the bear is unpredictable, the man can be reasoned with.
come away from there, it's not natural. none of it.
it's obvious, he's under some dark spell.
you'll be safe here tonight... i hope.
we grow in number, we grow in strength.
there are others like you?
you're running out of time.
a darkness lies upon that forest.
i would not venture there except in great need.
go now while you have the light.
this forest feels... sick. as if a disease lies upon it.
something moves in the shadows unseen, hidden from our sight.
if our enemy has returned, we must know.
i would not do this unless i had to.
you've changed, [ name ].
you must stay on the path. do not leave it. if you do, you'll never find it again.
is there no end to this accursed forest?
we're going around in circles, we are lost.
the sun. we have to find the sun.
not just a thief, but a liar as well.
i myself suspect a more prosaic motive.
i have seen how you treat your friends.
you turned away from the suffering of my people.
a hundred years is a mere blink in the life of an elf. i'm patient. i can wait.
shh! there are guards nearby.
you were supposed to be leading us out, not further back in!
are you mad? they'll find us.
please. please, you must trust me.
this is not a nice place to meet.
why now, [ name ]? i don't understand.
a human sorcerer could not summon such evil.
in our blindness, the enemy has returned.
the enemy is preparing for war.
i started this. i cannot forsake them, they are in grave danger.
you want me to cast my friends aside?
i think we've outrun the orcs.
we've no weapons to defend ourselves.
do it again, and you're dead.
what makes you think i would help you?
no doubt you have some hungry mouths to feed.
oh, come on - enough of the niceties.
i would like to know who you are. and what you're doing in these lands.
we need food, supplies... weapons. can you help us?
i'd wager there are ways to enter that town unseen.
for that, you'd need a smuggler.
there was more he could have told us.
i don't care what he calls himself, i don't like him.
we don't have to like him, we just have to pay him.
i've been bled dry by this adventure! and what have i seen for my investment?
if you value your freedom, you'll do as i say.
folk in this town are suffering.
you'd do well to remember ; we know where you live.
it's a small town, [ name ], everyone knows where everyone lives.
who would have the nerve to question my authority?
death! that is what you'll bring upon us.
have you forgotten what happened to [ name ]?
let us not be so quick to lay blame.
join us when you're healed.
[ name ], you belong with the company.
i belong with my brother.
we have no time to wait, we're on our own.
the evil that is hidden here... i command it reveal itself.
you have keen eyes, [ name ].
let all those who doubted us rue this day!
i know these walls... these halls, this stone.
i do not know what you'll find down there.
it never ceases to amaze me. the courage of hobbits.
if there is in fact a live dragon down there, don't waken it.
come, now... don't be shy. step into the light.
there is something about you, something you carry.
there you are, thief in the shadows.
i did not come to steal from you.
do you think flattery will keep you alive?
what else do you claim to be?
you have nice manners, for a thief and a liar.
i know the smell and taste of dwarf.
they are drawn to treasure like flies to dead flesh.
did you think i did not know this day would come?
and go where? there is nowhere to go.
the dragon, it's going to kill us.
i kill where i wish, when i wish.
my armor is iron, no blade can pierce me.
i need you to distract the guards.
time to do what, to get killed?
yes, i'm afraid. i'm afraid for you.
the darkness is coming... it will spread to every corner of the land.
you were only ever a means to an end.
i will not part with a single coin. not one piece of it.
your reputation precedes you.
you have no equal on this earth.
i think our little game ends here.
so tell me, thief... how do you choose to die?
we've given him the slip.
it's our only chance, we have to try.
i've heard tales of the wonders of elvish medicine.
that was a privilege to witness.
i will not die like this. cowering. gasping for breath.
if this is to end in fire, then we will all burn together.
perhaps it is time i paid them a visit.
you care about them, do you? good. then you can watch them die.
i am taking back what you stole.
you will take nothing from me.
i laid low your warriors of old. i instilled terror in the hearts of men.
this is not your kingdom. these are dwarf lands.
revenge? revenge?! i will show you revenge!
