Narin turned to the dwarf who had spoken against Loni.
"Oh, Elves and Spiders, is it? Spiders are no match for a gang of strong Dwarfs, armed to the teeth! And as for the Elves, we have nothing to fear from them, like I said, so why shouldn't we take the shorter way? It would take weeks to go around Mirkwood, and it would be a pointless waste of our time!"
The Dwarf in question flinched as Narin bawled out his piece, and several of the others looked at him with mixtures of amusement and slight fear, but Narin could not have cared any less.
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