'Well now, Laerdan sends you to bring his horse back to him? That'll be a mite difficult. You see, he badly needs new shoes, and I haven't the materials to finish them.

'Without some dwarf-steel cutlery moulds, there's not much more I can do. I hear there's an expert metalsmith at Thorin's Hall, out in the Blue Mountains way off to the west, who might have some, but I can't leave.

'Perhaps you would make the journey to Thorin's Hall and purchase a few of the moulds? I'm sure I could make it worth your while....'