A princess's birthday

[onebadapple]

Why thank you!

I can't really believe it's been 76 years since my movie premier either! To think of how far things have come in just a short amount of time!

But it isn't just my birthday, the dwarfs as well and my prince of course all get to celebrate today as well.

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[greatdragon]

[A snag. Apparently these dwarves were smart enough to recognize this lady would give their secrets away. So they didn't tell her where the mine of gems was at.]

Do you find it strange that they do not tell you where they go every day?

[Well, if he can't have the gems, he will sew a few seeds of doubt. Turning the good guys on themselves, he could enjoy that at least.]

[onebadapple]

Oh no, not at all. They just didn't tell me because I didn't ask. I'm sure if I needed to get a hold of them and couldn't send one of my animal friends to get them, I could just ask where to find them and they'd tell me. They're terribly protective of me, after all.

[In other words, Smaug, they find her more valuable than their mine.]

But a wise and might dragon like you, why, distance must be a very different thing.

[greatdragon]

[Maybe she's some sort of she-elf, especially if she's friends with small animals.]

Indeed. I hardly take account of it.

[He circles slightly, his tail around nearly to his head as if encircling her to hem her in without being too obvious.]

For what use do they keep you if you do not follow them to their tasks?

[onebadapple]

Well, they protect me. They've been kind enough to let me stay with them. I tend to the home as thanks. I cook, I clean, I mend, and little things like that. But they didn't have to let me stay with them, especially since they know it would endanger them as well.

[greatdragon]

They must be growing soft in their old age. [That would be the only plausible explanation from Smaug's point of view. Letting a human woman cook and clean for them? She didn't even have a beard.]

And...if they should lose you? What then?

[onebadapple]

Lose me? Oh... I daresay they were quite upset when they thought they lost me. They placed me in a gold and glass coffin and tended to it everyday.