"There is no door I would be given that would lead back to that world," Fili said, a dark look overcast upon his face as he spoke about the things that waited for him there, because there was only his death. He did not have a life to return to, but Tauriel did. Then, perhaps it would be folly.

In truth, what he really sought were the Halls of Mandos, but that bore a finality that Fili was not sure he was ready to accept. "There is the other elf. What of him? Could he not go?"