The Book and the Beginning

Neither of us uttered a word for the longest time. I step towards him with my eyes never leaving his "Do you know why I came back?" I ask softly "Why I stayed with the company even after we had escaped the goblin hoard,after the Pale Orc nearly killed us, and even after you became a cold and cruel King?" Thorin turns away from me filled with arrogance and his pride not wanting to meet my gaze. I turn his cheek to face me. Just above a whisper I say "Because I believed in you."
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