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Chapter art originally posted alongside the Chapter 10 update post on my Tumblr.
Gollum crawled completely out from his hiding place, finally, moving in a jerky fashion and avoiding the sun. He sat on his haunches, eyeing Bilbo. He looked as if he were going to say something, then he scowled and shook his head- again he seemed to prepare to say something. His face twisted. "I'm losst!" he shrieked, and dug his knuckles into his eye.
"Well, don't cry! I'm here, I'll lead you back to where you've been staying. Come along." It did not occur to Bilbo, and would never occurred to him, that this was an opportunity to avenge himself on Gollum by making him, say, play a game to win the opportunity to be shown the way home. Bilbo did not want revenge on Gollum. Bilbo did not want revenge on anyone, and he thought Gollum looked miserable, and- although he supposed that was Gollum's own fault- tormenting the creature was out of the question. He was just relieved that it seemed as if there was not going to be an argument and that he would be able to bring Gollum back somewhere he would be supervised.
But Gollum would have thought of revenge, had he been in Bilbo's place, and perhaps that was why he seemed cautious.
to reassure you for a moment, the fic is finished and has 22 chapters, so these images are of a finite quantity, and will one day stop. however, i'm still not halfway through <_<;;