"You,liking Kili?" Merwra asked perplexed,letting a giggle come out. "What happened when I was unconscious?" she said while cleaning her arms with the water of the river.
"Well, he carried you in his arms the whole way till here!"Bilbo explained " Thorin volunteered,Fili volunteered,even I did! But he insisted…"
"He did?" Merwra asked smiling at Kili,that was still leaned on the tree taking a nap,he looked exhausted."Are going to tell him?" the hobbit asked, "about what you are?He deserves to know,I think he really loves you"
Merwra stayed quiet for some time,she cleaned her arms,legs,hair and even removed the dirt from her clothes. Of couse she wanted to tell him ,but she was afraid,what if he didn't like mankind? What if it he didn't love her as a human,only as Merwra,the dwarf? But she knew that Bilbo was right,he needed to know,he deserved the truth.
Bilbo was on the riverside,staring at his feet that were dipped in the water,drawing circles in it with his toes... Bilbo missed his home,the fireplace,the books and the food,mostly the food.
Merwra was already clean and saw the perfect opportunity to cheer him up,she filled her hands with the crystalline water and before Bilbo could react, she threw the water on him,that stared at his now soaked coat.
"You wanna play?" he said getting in the water with a wicked smile. "Let's play then" he kicked the surface of the water, the drops landed on Merwra's face. She retaliated creating a small wave with her arms"Now you are feeling better, aren't you?" she said during a moment of truce.
"Says the dwarf with a wounded arm" he teased.
Bilbo and Merwra continued to play, spattering water in the dwarves that were trying to dry their clothes close to the river. Both thought that the dwarves were going to get mad at them,but instead, they started to laugh,waking Kili up,that started to laugh as well. Merwra recognized his voice and quickly looked at Kili's direction, seeing a gray pointy hat emerging from the labyrinth of pine trees.
She ran at his encounter, hopefully he had found something."Merwra!" Gandalf said surprised to see her coming soaked,followed by Bilbo. "Good to see that you're awake! I brought something for you"
"What is that?" Merwra asked intrigued,staring at a kind of strange beige paste. "It's a sedative,Radagast thought me how to do it once,it consists of leaves,mushrooms,bird's dung and-" Merwra interrupted him "I think that it's better if I don't know" she said picking an amount of the paste with her finger,passing in her wound carefully."You need to leave it in your skin until it dries,it should make you feel better and help the cicatrization."Gandalf explained.
When the dwarves had dried in the sun,again, Bilbo thought about questioning Gandalf if he shouldn't have bath as well, but preferred to stay with his mouth shut. They felt refreshed,ready to continue their quest,although they also felt hungry.
The company matched through the long green grass and between the pine trees and oaks following Gandalf.