Tauriel allowed a small smile to reach her lips. "Haven't we all done that, in some way?" she asked. Being at the Nexus was a way for Tauriel to get lost - willingly, but lost nonetheless. The further removed she was from home, the harder it was to feel heartache.

Something made her want to console Fili, though. Perhaps because, young as she was, loss was something the elves knew well, immortal as they were. "When I was much younger, I used to wander up into the trees," she said. "Climb to the tallest branches until the ground was just a dream below. I do not know your brother as well as I would like, but I would not put it past him to wander in such a regard to sate a curious longing. But eventually he will remember the ground below, and come back."