"Does it hurt? Dying?"

Tears welled up in Y/N's luminescent gaze. She laid her ethereal palm over Kili's cold fingertips, trying to bring him comfort in his state of pain between life and death.

"Quicker than falling asleep."

He closed his eyes and she breathed in the air she could no longer feel. His time was not now, and so she let him go with a tired smile. He would live to fight another day, many more days, even, and when his last moments did arrive, Y/N could tell Kili would be ready, comforted by her simple but powerful words.