"At least you're not working right now." He paused with a frown, quickly glancing around the table as though making sure no paperwork had sneaked onto it when he wasn't looking.

"If Smaug could fit through that doorway thing, bet he would be willing to help." He glanced down and picked at his steak with a thoughtful expression, and after a moment he started to grin. "...How hard do you think it'd be to convince our friend Cornickelson to take a little trip with us?"