Leaning into that touch, he watched her, concern reflected in his eyes as he tried to understand what sorrow had touched her. "Tauriel, were my brother and uncle hurt? Is that what you do not want to discuss?" The thought somehow worsened that odd dread that lingered in the back of his mind. Was that what he had somehow forgotten? Was some moments with Fili and Thorin what had been stolen from his memory?

She may not want to answer but he needed to know that they were safe before dealing with the pixies.

"I was thinking of improvising a net of some sort but without help, they would be too quick to catch easily." With Tauriel's assistance they might be able to catch some of them. "Something shiny to distract them while we sneak up with my cloak."