Chapter 9
He woke up the next day with Thorin's snoring in his ear and Ris' soft breathing and smiled. He wondered how Ris had argued her way into their bed again, but decided that it didn't matter. He yawned and kissed his daughter's forehead before closing his eyes and drowsing for a while.
He woke up fully as a servant entered the room and rang the small bell to wake them for the day. He smiled as Ris turned in his arms and kissed him on the cheek, as Thorin kissed him on the forehead. "There's my sneaky sleepy lass, how did you get into Daddy and Papa's bed?" Bilbo asked with a smile.
"Daddy let me last night, after he drank lots and lots of beer with my uncles."
"Oh really, are you feeling alright Daddy?" Bilbo asked and Thorin groaned.
"I'm fine, my head just hurts a bit, so are you looking forward to your first Durin's day Rosie?"
"Yes Daddy, Varlis told me all about it and Barlin taught me the blessing."
"Really now, why don't you tell it to me?"
"Bless Durin's sons and guard us through winter night and to spring time light. Mahuel watch over your children and protect them in the cold days ahead, allow not for forge or fie going out or for people to doubt all the things you do. Bless us all from young to old, as friendships are made and stories told."
"That was very good Ris."
"Thanks Daddy, did you understand it Papa?" Ris asked and Bilbo smiled
"Yes I understood it, it was very pretty Ris." Bilbo said and Ris nodded.
"Thanks Papa, can you braid my hair today, like you used to?" Ris asked and Bilbo smiled.
"The flowers have all gone to sleep Ris, but I can braid your hair like I used to, without flowers." Bilbo said and Ris nodded.
"Thank you Papa." She said and Bilbo stood up, stretching, he felt a shock as his stomach seemed to jounce with the movement. Ris had never kicked this hard at three months, he frowned, before deciding that the baby was just more active than Ris.
He smiled at Thorin and his daughter, before sitting in a chair and brushing out Ris's hair after she put on one of her dresses. "I have Varlis today and she said we're going to have a dwarven tea party." Ris said and Thorin smiled
"That will be fun." He said and Ris nodded, as he helped her put on her dress. Bilbo winced again as the baby kicked him again, but this time it was in two different places, something that the baby shouldn't be able to do. Bilbo paused, twins weren't unheard of in his family, but he'd never thought he'd have them. Ris had been a handful and he couldn't imagine handling two infants at once, he rubbed his belly.
"Alright?"
"I'm fine, the baby is just excited today." Bilbo said and smiled at Thorin and his daughter. Ris put her hand to Bilbo's stomach.
"You be nice to Papa baby." Ris said and Bilbo laughed, as she smiled when she felt the baby kicked. "It tickled my hand." She said and Bilbo smiled.
"That's because it likes its big sister."
"I'm gonna be a really good big sister to it Papa." Ris said and grinned at Bilbo, before sitting down. Bilbo smiled and gently braided his daughter's hair. "Thanks Papa, what you going to do today?"
"Lets see what your uncles and aunts have come up with." Bilbo said with a smile, before changing out of his nightwear and into one of Thorin's shirts. "Do you mind?"
"Not at all, but you might want to go down to the market and get some better fitting clothes." Thorin said with a smile and Bilbo nodded.
"I might at that, well lets go." He said and walked with his family to the dining hall. Almost everyone in the hall looked like they were nursing hangovers and Bilbo smiled at his friends. "So what's today's challenge?"
"You will be making twenty hair beads Bilbo, ten for you and ten for Thorin. Thorin you will be making a flower crown, you can both choose any material you wish for your project." Gera and Dis smiled at Bilbo and Thorin. "We thought that you could make something special and an important part to wedding ceremonies for both your people.
"Sounds excellent and this way the council can still meet if I buy supplies quickly enough." Thorin said and the company smiled.
"That's why the kitchens made hot pots."
"What are hot pots?" Bilbo asked.
"Dwarven pastries, which can be eaten on the run." Thorin said and grinned at Bilbo. "They are dough that has meat, potatoes and a variety of other things inside, they are usually spicy, but I trust that they made some mild for you." Bilbo's mouth watered at the word spice and he reached forward and grabbed six of the pastries as the company stared at him and bit into one. His eyes watered and his tongue burned but he smiled.
"Can't abide spice normally, but you dwarves and your spices." Bilbo said and patted his stomach. "What the little rocky sprout wants, it gets."
"I thought I was your little rocky sprout Papa." Ris said and Bilbo smiled.
"You were and are, but so is your baby sibling." Bilbo said with a smile.
"Rocky sprout?" Thorin said with an eyebrow raised and Bilbo smiled.
"Before hobbits are born, their mothers call them sprout, I remembered the myth you told me about Durin's sons, so when I was pregnant with Ris, I called her my rocky sprout." He said and continued to eat the pastry. "We should get going, be nice to Varlis, alright Ris?"
"Yes Papa, love you Papa, love you Daddy." Ris said and kissed both their cheeks, Bilbo smiled as they walked together to the market, before splitting up. Bilbo still had the wood but realized that he didn't have any of his other tools, so he got some from a woodcarver's stall. He decided that he'd carve into the wood drawings of what were important to both him and Thorin, then get someone to pour silver into the grooves if possible. He stopped next by who everyone said was the best metal smith and asked if such a thing could be done, demonstrating what he wanted on a piece of wood and experimenting with the smith until he got what he wanted.
"Do you want the rest of the bead to be metal as well?"
"Perhaps silver and bronze, silver for the carvings, bronze for the beads?"
"That will look nice and not call to him as much as other metal. Can I use your idea?"
"Depends if you know carving, I have no objection to you doing something similar if you can though." Bilbo said and smiled at the silver smith. "Only I want it to be a surprise." He said and the dwarf nodded and told him that it would cost ten gold for the materials and time he spent on the project. Bilbo went next to the stone market and chose small stones in as many colors as he could think of for his project. After that he went to the clothing stalls. "I need to see your maternity clothing."
"Of course, it's an honor to serve you, but there is a finer shop down the way."
"Thank you." Bilbo said and went to the other shop, he found the clothing he wanted in a variety of colors and some looked fairly good even. He bought several warm shirts in layers and a good overcoat lined in fur, before going over to a message boy. "Boy, find King Thorin and ask if he thinks any of the baby furniture in the nursery is still useable." He told the boy who looked wide eyed, before nodding as Bilbo handed him two coppers, having been told the adequate fee for delivering messages. The boy ran off and returned a short while later.
"He says that they should be fine, as they were made from stone and you only need to get replacement cushions for them."
"Thank you lad." Bilbo said and smiled, before going to where the baby things were kept. He saw several stone cribs and mattress pads for them in a variety of sizes. "Could I special order something?"
"Of course." The store clerk said and Bilbo smiled.
"I want an alternating pattern of Durin's axes and this flower." Bilbo drew a flower on a piece of paper. "I assume that the sizes are the largest pads possible."
"I think they would be." The store merchant said and Bilbo paid him for the work, before taking out the pastries and eating them. He walked through the market and suddenly realized that he hadn't made applesauce yet and went to get ingredients. He was shocked by the price of apples, but paid getting a quarter of a barrel full and paying an apprentice to deliver it to the kitchens. He noticed how many people were thin in the markets, several were waiting around hoping for message work Bilbo thought, while others advertised things in Khudzul. Bilbo frowned at seeing children go hungry and decided to do something about, despite what the dwarves might say. It was clear why people were going hungry soon, as the prices for food in the market were easily twenty times as much as people charged in Hobbiton. Bilbo decided that the best course of action would be to build a winter garden, but he needed to convince Thorin of the need for it and the use of one of the forges. Bilbo smiled at his plan and went to the council door. He knocked and was granted entry.
"I've come to lay a matter before the king."
"So what's bothering you Bilbo?" Thorin asked and Bilbo looked at Thorin hopefully.
"I want to take a forge for my own personal use."
"Why would you need an entire forge?" A dwarf Bilbo never met demanded.
"Put simply some of the less fortunate dwarves can't afford the prices in the market place, I suggest that we grow a winter garden."
"A garden?" Someone demanded and then came the shouts from all around.
"Bilbo while I value your care for my people, you are pregnant."
"I'm pregnant yes, not incapable or on my deathbed." Bilbo snapped. "Pregnant hobbits have been gardening for centuries, actually its good for both barer and child."
"You are to be the consort Mr. Baggins, such things are beneath your station." The same dwarf from earlier said and Bilbo glared at him.
"What if someone said that you could not practice your craft, that you had to obtain from wearing any gem or metal, if you could never touch rock? For that's what you are telling me, as necessary as stone and metal are to you, grass and green growing things are to me. My hands ache to be in the earth again and I wish to help my people. What sort of consort would I be, if I didn't help my husband to see to the well being of his people, as much as I was capable. What sort of lesson would I be teaching my children, that it is alright to turn a blind eye to the plight of one's neighbor? I think not, that's not something I ever want my daughter to believe, or those children that haven't yet been born to me to understand. If anything is beneath my station, its this, letting others starves when it is within my power to help them."
"Very well Bilbo, you will have your forge and all the help you need building a garden, but you will also have twenty guards with you at all times." Thorin said and Bilbo nodded.
"That is fair, I will agree to be guarded in exchange for this." Bilbo said, he had been balking at the idea of guards for months and seeing Thorin's relief at his agreement made Bilbo sorry that he ever had.
"When do you wish to start?"
"Hot boxes can be planted at any time, so after the tasks are complete." Bilbo replied. "I'll grow some of the more hearty plants." He added and walked away from the council and to his room. First he shaped the wood into the beads he wanted, using one of Thorin's as a guide, he was surprised at the knock at his door and quickly hid the beads in a box, as well as the carving tools. "Yes?"
"Its time for midday meal." The voice said and Bilbo smiled, his stomach had never gotten used to eating five meals a day, so he'd gone to eating larger portions three meals a day. He went to the dining hall and sat beside Thorin, hearing the guard tramping around him. He realized how quickly having guards would get old to him and sighed, before kissing Ris on the forehead and Thorin on the cheek.
"So how was your morning?" Bilbo asked Ris who was opening and closing a fan.
"Varlis gave me this and taught me secret fan waves, I'm not to tell boys what they mean." Ris said and Bilbo smiled.
"Ah yes, women and their fans, has she taught you how to hit someone with one yet?"
"No I got to learn the language first, then Varlis says I can learn how to fight with em. She said she'd teach Papa too, because he makes babies and he's going to be the consort."
"That sounds like fun Ris, but maybe I should get my own teacher?" Bilbo said and Thorin nodded.
"Its a good idea, if your interested in it and a woman would be willing to teach you."
"I can teach him, it will give us time to bond." Dis said and smiled. "My sewing circle will miss me but I think they will manage." She added and Bilbo smiled.
"I'd be honored to have you teach me Dis." Bilbo said. "When do you want to start?"
"After the tasks and the wedding, can't have you distracted."
"Alright, but I'm also going to be planting a garden."
"Really, you didn't mention it before."
"I hadn't planned on it before." Bilbo said. "So why are the prices in the markets so high?"
"Because men charge so much and then the merchants double that as is custom. Most of the poorer folk go into Dale despite the bad weather, just to get food in winter." Thorin said. "A few winters when the lads were young and work scarce we had to walk for days to the nearest settlement for men."
"That's ridiculous." Bilbo said and frowned. "Why has it gone on like this for so many years."
"Because its assumed that dwarves are rich, when we range in wealth." Thorin said. "Men make their prices high believing that all dwarves are extremely wealthy and can afford the prices."
"I see." Bilbo said and frowned. "Well can something be done about it?"
"Not easily, merchants would baulk, as they will when they hear about your gardens."
"I don't care what they think." Bilbo said. "I can't afford to, not when there are dwarflings that need the food I'll be growing."
"You can't give it away though Bilbo."
"I know, but I can charge less for it, can't I?" Bilbo demanded and Thorin nodded. "Three silver per item would be apt?"
"It would be insulting."
"That's what things usually cost in Hobbiton." Bilbo said.
"But you aren't in Hobbiton, you're in Erebor, make it at least a gold Bilbo."
"Alright, I suppose you know better than I do." Bilbo said with a frown, before helping himself to a thick hot soup that smelled wonderful.
"Still wanting spice little stone?" Thorin asked Bilbo's stomach affectionately and Bilbo laughed as his stomach roiled at the sound of Thorin's voice and his hand.
"Someone knows their Daddy." Bilbo said and his friends laughed, as he grinned and grabbed a chunk of bread. he ate that and the soup, before taking another two bowls. "Well I'm going down to the market to get some things. I suppose we'll have to send to Dale for potting soil and seeds."
"I'll get someone on that, what do you need to get?"
"Seeds, bins and soil, not to mention something for watering them, if a watering can can't be found." Bilbo said.
"What sort of seeds?"
"Potato starts, carrots, wheat, rye and beans." Bilbo replied and Thorin nodded.
"Alright and these bins?"
"Five feet by three feet, with wood bottoms, they should be about thee feet high." Bilbo replied and again Thorin nodded.
"You've got all of that Halgir?"
"Yes mi lord." Halgir said. "Should I also hire some men that we can trust to help Lo-..."He paused at Bilbo's scowl. "Bilbo with his project?"
"Yes please do so." Thorin said and Bilbo grinned at Thorin, before standing.
'Well I'm going to get back to it." He said and headed back to his rooms, taking out his beads and over the next several days carved out two sets of the following; Rose, a Thorn and a Thistle, as well as a Lilly and a Lilac. He then carved the rune for always together into another bead, followed by the axes of Durin and a small door with a rune on it. He also carved a small portrait of himself and Thorin and a portrait of Rose as a baby, copying one he had made years ago. He then carved the Company onto a bead, as well as a simple portrait of Kili, Fili and Dis. Finally he carved the lonely mountain itself and added a thrush flying in the foreground. He then gathered together the stones and set them to either side of each of the pieces, save the one with the company on them. He smiled at his work, before going down to the market and handing them over to the silver smith, instructing which stones he wanted placed where. The metal smith praised his work and made Bilbo smile. Bilbo didn't want to admit it, but he felt proud of the beads he had made. "If you ever wish to collaborate on something, I'd give you half of what I make on these."
"That sounds like fun, however, I'm going to be a bit too busy for that in a few months." Bilbo said with a smile.
"That's always the way with new bairns isn't it?" He asked and smiled at Bilbo. "Do you have any idea of what you are carrying?"
"No, I'd be happy with either."
"They'll be having dwarven names though right?"
"And hobbit ones, I was thinking dwarven first names and hobbit middle names." Bilbo said with a smile. "My little girl is Rose Ris, but she hates being called Rose." Bilbo said and grinned. "She's a stubborn lass who takes after her Daddy, I hope the next one will at least take a bit after me."
"I'm sure they will, congratulations by the way, the whole kingdom is delighted."
"I'm glad though I wish the baby wasn't quite so active, Ris never was, but this ones a right little jumping bean." Bilbo said and the merchant laughed.
"It was an honor doing business with you, come back any time."
"I might at that, I love the way the clasps turned out." Bilbo said and the smith beamed. Bilbo smiled as he walked back with the finished beads to the dining room and presented the box to Gera and Dis. "I have completed my task, I hope that you will find my work satisfactory."
Gera and Dis opened the box and stared down at the hair clasps in surprise. "How did you make these I've never seen the like."
"I got a master smith to apply the metal to wood beads I carved." Bilbo replied.
"You carved these, let me see Bofur said and Bilbo smiled as Bofur was passed the box. "These are very fine, did you make the beads as well?"
"I did, I used some of Thorin's hair beads as a point of reference."
"What's with all the plants?" Boufur asked.
"I was thinking of giving the children flowers for middle names, Lilac, Thorn, Thistle and Lilly."
"They are very pretty and I suppose your going to choose a name once the child is born?"
"Yes, but I have a few favorites, but I want to ask you all first if its alright for me to use them."
"Why wouldn't it be?"
"Because I like the name Frerin for a boy." Bilbo said and to his dismay Thorin had a coughing fit and Dis' eyes filled with tears. "If it bothers you, I can change the name."
"No I'd like my son to be named for my brother, Frerin Thistle, or Frerin Thorn both have a nice sound to it."
"Good, I'm glad you like them, so it would be alright if I used some of the old names right?"
"Of course, what were you thinking for a girl?" Dis asked.
"Lis or Vis I was considering, Lis Lilac, or Vis Lilly."
"Both sound pretty." Ris said. "But I like Lis Lilac better than Lilly, lilies are stinky."
"Yes but your grandmother loved lilies and I think of her every time I see them."
"Oh okay, what was Grandpa like Daddy, I know he died in a big battle, so he was a warrior right?"
"Yes he was, but more than that, he was a kind man and a wonderful Father. He taught me everything I know about blacksmithing and through me, he taught Fili and Kili as well."
"Blacksmithing looks like fun, but my teacher guards say that I'm not to go near any lit forges."
"And right they are, lit forges are dangerous places for little girls to be in." Bilbo said.
"But they said when I turn twenty they will teach me how to make my own ring mold, its six years from now though, so I'll learn a lot before that."
"So how was your lesson today?"
"Today we talked about Nain the first, he was a great warrior and his axe was this big!" Ris through out her hands and the table laughed. "He lived in Nogrod, before the war that destroyed it and he was in a really big war that destroyed his city and he died in the battle, but his son survived and started a migration of the rest of those that escaped the city's destruction."
"Well you didn't learn that all today, did you Ris?"
"No, I learned about how he gathered the people together today. Be it not a day to mourn our dead, but to rejoice in the living. As long as I have air to fill my lungs and a war cry on my lips, I will serve my people. For I consider all those that wish to follow me mine and together we shall find a new land and make it our own."
"I can't believe you remember all that child."
"Papa says I have a good memory for words, that its one of the few things that makes him know I'm his and not some little dwarfling that crawled into his cabbages one night." Ris said and laughed along with the company.
"Well of the two of us, she's more clearly Thorin's daughter." Bilbo said and smiled at Thorin and Ris, before yawning.
"Are you sleepy Papa?" Ris asked and Bilbo smiled.
"A little but not too bad." Bilbo said and smiled at his daughter.
"Well enough to do my challenge?"
"Oarve anneange ozzin." Bifur said and Gimli nodded.
"You're both to make something for the baby." Gimli said.
"I've already made something for the baby, will what I made do?"
"Yes if you get it." Gimli said and Bilbo smiled, he'd worked hard on the blanket and hiding it from Thorin had been a challenge. He went to his rooms and got it out , before handing it to Gimli and Bifur."
"Our challenge next, Bilbo you will need to learn simplified dwarven marriage vows, in khudzul and Thorin you will have to learn about the traditions associated with Hobbit weddings.
"Oh we just marry under the party tree, in front of family and friends. Can we get married under a tree and make our own vows?"
"I don't see why not, we can still do the dwarven ceremony, we'll just light big fires and do it outside." Bilbo smiled at Thorin.
"Alright, I'll talk with my tutor about them tomorrow." Bilbo said and yawned. "If you would excuse me, the little one is wearing me out."
"Of course, why don't you go to bed too Ris."
"But I'm not sleepy." Ris complained and the company smiled.
"Now you want to be a big strong warrior lass one day don't you?" Varlis asked and Ris nodded. "Then all the big strong warrior lasses got sleep growing up, that's how they got so big."
"I'm not gonna get as big as you though, will I?
"I don't rightly know lass, you might be a bit shorter than me, but taller than your Papa."
"It would be strange to be as tall as Papa." Ris said and Bilbo chuckled.
"I only come up to most dwarves chests, so I think you'll be taller than me at least. You won't ever reach man height, but remember what I told you?"
"That no matter how tall or small a person may be, it should be what's inside that matters to me. But Papa, inside a person is really gross and if I kept going inside a person..."
"Wait you thought I meant literally inside?" Bilbo said and chuckled. "No lass, what matters if they are kind and just and loyal, no matter how small or tall someone is, that's what you look for in your friends."
"Oh alright." Ris said and took Bilbo's hand, Bilbo smiled down at his daughter and walked with her into his bedchamber, he helped get Ris settled into bed. "Stay Papa, just till I fall asleep."
"Alright Ris." Bilbo said and smiled, getting into bed beside her, he kissed her forehead and closed his eyes.
He woke up to the sound of crashing and moved away from his daughter, glad she slept soundly. He wondered briefly why the guards hadn't stopped the threat to their quarters. Then he saw Thorin being supported by a swaying Fili and Kili.
"Pass around the ale, after I left?" Bilbo asked with a smile.
"Bilbo there's two of you!" Fili said and giggled.
"Stop moving." Kili complained and Bilbo smiled.
"So you two mind sharing a bed? Because there are only two and I don't think Ris will mind sharing with her Daddy and me. That way you won't trip in the corridor and crack your fool heads."
"Not fools, celebrating mar-mar...Thingy you and Uncle."
"I know lad, help me get Thorin to bed and then I'll help you to the other room." He said and the boys nodded. Bilbo smiled and escorted them both into the bedroom, he sat Thorin on a chair and took off his overcoat and britches, before settling him into bed. He then turned to Fili and Kili who were both swaying on their feet and grinning at him as Thorin started to snore loudly. Bilbo sighed and helped both boys out of the room, making sure they didn't trip over anything while getting to their room. "So do you need help with the buttons?" Bilbo asked and they both nodded. "Sit on the bed." He told them and started unbuttoning Kili's jacket, mid way through both princes were fast asleep. Bilbo shook his head and took off both their coats and their belts and shoes, before going out into the dining hope in what he suspected was the vain hope that one of his friends was still sober. However he only got to the door of the room, before the smell of spilt ale made his stomach turn. He ran quickly in the opposite direction and towards the balcony.
"Bilbo?" Gera said, following Bilbo to the balcony. "Are you alright?"
"Can't stand the smell of ale, Fili and Kili fell asleep before I can get them into bed and now they aren't waking up and I didn't want to ask one of the guards to help."
"I'd be glad to help, I didn't feel like drinking tonight after the terrible hangover I had yesterday." Gera said and Bilbo smiled at her. He liked Gera, but he'd been busy the last three months with his khudzul teacher, he found paying the dwarf for the extra hours to be rather a simple process and he wanted to surprise his friends, by his knowledge. He smiled at the memory of his instructors surprise at what he had learned in a very short amount of time.
He liked the sound of khudzul, the way the words sounded as they were spoken and how they flowed off the tongue. He walked with Gera back to his rooms and she helped him to settle the princes back into bed. "If you like we could talk sometime, Dis and I get together often."
"That sounds like fun, though I'm a bit busy at the moment with my lessons."
"We can help you."
"I'm to the point where I can carry on a conversation, I talk with my instructor and there is about one word in seventy I don't understand still."
"Only one in seventy and he's a dwarven scholar they like to use big words."
"I've been taking extra lessons, I wanted to know it before the baby is born." Bilbo said and smiled.
"That's wonderful, so that's why you asked Thorin for more gold?"
"Yes, why do you think I asked?" Bilbo said referring to the council meeting a few months before, where Thorin agreed to give him a small stipend.
"Well to get things for your wardrobe, then again I suppose you wear pretty much the same maternity wear day in and day out."
"I don't see the point in purchasing more clothing than I need or even want. After all these clothes are designed to be worn by pregnant dwarven woman, the fabric is very loose all over." Bilbo said. "I have to belt around my underarms, so the shirt doesn't fall off my shoulders." He added and Gera smiled.
"If you ever need someone to talk with, I'm available. I'm honored that you would share a secret with me."
"Ris is an excellent judge of character and well its well known that you are Dis' confidant. I thought that it would be safe enough to talk to you about this." Bilbo said and smiled. "Anyway I'd rather work on other things with my tutor, other than words I already know and I'll most probably already know most of the words of the vows."
"That makes sense, so you want me to tell them to you?" Gera asked and Bilbo nodded. "Shaped from the same stone cleaved in two before we were born. My soul is your soul and your soul is mine for all of time. Throughout all of time and space, we have managed to find one another, like a gem and a setting we fit together. You are mine and I am yours, I am yours and you are mine. I dreamed of you, before I knew who you are and now my days and nights are consumed by thoughts of you. I will be the best husband to you that I can be that does not mean that we will never argue. Still I will stay with you through both feast and famine, wealth and poverty. I do not care if you come to me miner or royal, I will take you as you are and bless the day we met. You are the only one ever for me, as I am for you. Together we shall share our days and even in dark times they will be happy ones, for I will have you beside me. I will bare your children and nurture them as they grow, loving them for who they are and who they will become. We will live our days out together, surrounded by the people we love and who love us. When we die, we will go to the halls of waiting and spend eternity together, for once found our two halves of the same stone will never be parted."
"Can I change some of the wording on the last?"
"These words are sacred." Gera said. "I wouldn't suggest it."
"Alright then I'll make my own vows as well then." Bilbo said and smiled, before going to the halls and holding his breath. "I have finished learning the vows, can you come out for a moment and listen to them?" He asked Balin and Ori and they both nodded. Bilbo smiled and recited the words to his friends, who were both swaying. They grinned when he finished and Bilbo smiled in return.
"You have passed our test." They both said and Bilbo smiled, before yawning.
"Enjoy your revelry." Bilbo said. "I'm for bed."
"Goodnight Bilbo." They both said and Bilbo smiled, before going back to the bed he shared with Thorin and moving him so he could fit into bed as well. Unfortunately Thorin smelled like the bottom of a barrel and groaning, Bilbo went to his daughter's rooms, cradling her in his arms and breathing in her sweet scent before falling into sleep