Kip had to laugh at that, because Mitts was just so ridiculous sometimes, such a kid, despite the both of them being in their mid-20s now. "You're not a hobbit, first of all," he said, as he gained his composure. "Hobbits are fat and hairy and like, really short. And yeah, girls like rugged, but they don't like creepy. And I am creepy. I am like Gollum. And...I don't know my boat is the precious, or something."