Artemis walked briskly down to the common room and located Tracey and the rest. She gave them a sunny smile and gratefully accepted the plate Tracey pushed towards her. "I think tomorrow, as long as she can stand on her own without falling we can go back to Lothlorien and sort out what to do with Thorin."
Fili bristled until Artemis patted his shoulder. "Oh calm down Fili, we're not going to hurt him or you but I'm hoping he's seen the logic in retiring."
He toyed with his fork for a minute. "If… If I said that I wanted to go North and explore past the edges of the maps… would I be allowed to go?"
Artemis propped her chin on her hand. "I'm a big believer in freedom Fili, in being allowed to chose your own way. If you swear to me on your name that you won't interfere or return to Erebor I will accept it and fight anyone who would say otherwise."
"Even if you're not here?" He gave her direct look and she grinned.
"Never underestimate a Wizard and their magic. I will make sure you have your freedom." She glanced over at Tracey meaningfully.
Tracey gave her a smile and a wink and then picked at her fruit, giving Legolas's hand a gentle squeeze before looking up again and speaking.
"It sounds like a good plan, I'll be happy to get back Lothlorien." She said, laying her head on Legolas's shoulder. "Does Tauriel know what happened to her when she got attacked? And what do you think Kili is going to do now?"
Artemis swallowed a bite of mutton and shook her head. "Tauriel can't remember being attacked. It's not surprising, she got hit in the head really hard. And maybe it's better that way." She glanced at Legolas. "You knew her before, is she the type to push herself to remember?"
He considered it then shook his head. "She prefers to live in the moment. Oh she loves the history of our people and she likes stories but if she cannot remember something she doesn't strive too hard to recall it."
Artemis nodded. "A girl after my own heart. As to Kili, I think he'll Bond with Tauriel if they can and he's sworn to me that he will not follow Thorin to Erebor. I don't know exactly where he plans to go after Lothlorien but I think the idea of an adventure of his own appeals."
Legolas surprised them all by laughing. "He's a young dwarf yet, adventuring is what they do at that age."
Artemis quirked a smile. "Exactly. I'm not worried about them."
Tracey blinked and her lips curled in a smile too and she took a sip of her water.
"I agree, it's probably for the better and if she can be happy living in the now with the Dwarf she's fallen in love with than nothing else will matter."
She was speaking from personal experience. At first she thought that with the lack of her memories she would be fine not knowing where she came from and it would be a clean slate for her to do whatever she wanted with her life. But then as things slowly started to develop and she realized how important her memories really were.
"I think we should give Tauriel a day or so to rest and then if she is well enough to travel we'll make our way to Lothlorien."
Artemis nodded and cut a piece of mutton. "We'll have to take it slower on the way back. She probably won't be up to a hard ride."
"As far as I'm concerned we have plenty of time, there isn't any rush." Tracey replied quietly with a shrug, pushing away her now empty plate. "When we do decide to move Tauriel can ride Summer Breeze and I shall walk for a time. It will be a nice change of pace to use my feet and my wings again, I don't worry about being spotted."
She squeezed Legolas's hand and smiled; Artemis smiled as well and tucked into her meal with gusto.