The Count shook his head and said, "Things are not so simple as that. You may not have noticed, but there have been at least three people with hostile intentions lurking around us since yesterday."
Rewind was sullen. He said, "I didn't see anything."
Count nodded, "My point exactly. I could sense the danger, but you couldn't. Those are just the ones that I could sense. I am not sure those are all of them."
"Then there is the fact that Thorin might be lurking around hoping to ambush me. The bounty might just be a distraction. It would be folly to believe him when he said he wouldn't try to attack me."
Rewind asked, "What are you saying, geezer?"
"I'm saying that this place is no longer safe for you. I can't protect you like this. We might have to give up on this trip."
The boy pleaded with a pitiful voice, "Please, no."
