"Yes, quite right!" Ashura nodded, wanting very much to get away from that, from any topic that could bring up jealousies or anger, which was more difficult the more he thought about it with these too, especially Felix.

"I think you would like dwarvish jewelry," he suddenly put out to Felix, his hand reaching out and caressing Thorin's hair without really thinking about it. "Perhaps Thorin can tell us about that?" That was a safe topic, wasn't it?