"Let's hope not!" said Curufin, with an answering smile. Though his was as wry as Lea's. "Wouldn't want you getting chomped on by strange beasties."

"I'm not really a lab kinda guy either. Unless it's a lab that studies the properties of metals, what with me being a metalsmith and all. Or. . . explosives. I did learn their uses when I was mining for iron and gemstones. Saves a lot of shovel time. I don't think I'm going to be all that useful in the lab, except I was going to contrive to get to at least one of the labs that was blown up. I thought maybe I could determine what blew it up."