[Kili does everything he can manage alone but some things are just too tough for him. And it's not fair to shut Thorin out when he's been so close to them both. A sorrowful, cowed Kili sticks his head out of the room an hour later.]

I could... I could use some help singing the final songs. And I can't get his braids right without the full use of both hands...

I want him to look well for when he meets our kin at the Halls of Waiting.