"You must." Twining his fingers in Fili's wet hair, Kili did his best with the tangles. "I know we did not have much in Dunland, certainly not the halls that you or Thorin deserved, but you did not see Erebor, Fee."

Even now, a year removed from it, Kili drew a heavy breath for the memory. "It was like nothing I have ever seen, nor shall again. Truly, forging such a home must be in the blood of all dwarves."