Bringing up a quote:
Quote:
...Gandalf looked at him with wonder. "That is strange, Thorin Oakenshield," he said. "For I have thought of you also; and though I am on my way to the Shire, it was in my mind that is the way also to your halls."
"Call them so, if you will," said Thorin. "They are only poor lodgings in exile. But you would be welcome there, if you would come. ..."
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So on one hand he's in exile, ie
not in his
land. On the other hand, he has enough power to welcome Gandalf.