Kili hums, thinking over all that she's told him and carefully considering how he might have reacted if placed in Mister Daryl's position. Already, he knows he would have done exactly as Beth had. If Tauriel were to disappear then reappear in the city, ignorant of all they'd been through together in Arda yet again and furthermore, how their relationship has developed here, Kili doesn't think he'd have the heart to recount it to her. If she were to discover the truth then surely she would be displeased with him, but the pain would simply be too great. To love her and lose her not once but twice is unthinkable, it sends a sharp pang through his chest that he pushes aside.
"I understand why he's angry, I suppose," Kili says, "but it wasn't your responsibility to tell him. It isn't easy for you, either. In fact, I daresay it's all the more difficult to have him come back to you a different man."
He's quiet for a moment as they walk, his eyes downcast as he chews on his bottom lip. "You remember, don't you, when I told you how upset my brother was that I hadn't told him about my fate in Arda before coming here? He wouldn't speak to me for days, he couldn't even look at me, but I--" Kili gives a slight shake of his head, almost tempted to glance over his shoulder, as if Fili might be standing right there behind him. "I wouldn't tell him, given the chance to do it again. All it'd done was cause us pain we shouldn't have had to face. Still, Mister Daryl will see reason soon enough, I'm sure of it."
He tilts his head up at her, curious about the answer to his next question. "Do you think you'll take up with him again? I know there can't just be picking up where you left off, not with things as they are, but... do you think you'd want to fall in love with him again?"
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"I understand why he's angry, I suppose," Kili says, "but it wasn't your responsibility to tell him. It isn't easy for you, either. In fact, I daresay it's all the more difficult to have him come back to you a different man."
He's quiet for a moment as they walk, his eyes downcast as he chews on his bottom lip. "You remember, don't you, when I told you how upset my brother was that I hadn't told him about my fate in Arda before coming here? He wouldn't speak to me for days, he couldn't even look at me, but I--" Kili gives a slight shake of his head, almost tempted to glance over his shoulder, as if Fili might be standing right there behind him. "I wouldn't tell him, given the chance to do it again. All it'd done was cause us pain we shouldn't have had to face. Still, Mister Daryl will see reason soon enough, I'm sure of it."
He tilts his head up at her, curious about the answer to his next question. "Do you think you'll take up with him again? I know there can't just be picking up where you left off, not with things as they are, but... do you think you'd want to fall in love with him again?"