Her smile was a bit tight, at the continued mention of dwarves. "They are an interesting people," she said, simply. Her involvement with them was more or less finished, she supposed; and even if that wasn't the case, she would do well to avoid them in future. Though it would be unfair to pin it simply on dwarves - in reality Tauriel had no intention in giving her heart out to anyone anymore, be they Dwarf, Elf, or Man.

"I have had my fill of battle," she added. "For now. Perhaps a skirmish, soon enough..." and she gave him a small, but teasing, grin.