"Dragon or demon, it doesn't change what he is!" the hobbit shot back. "He saved us from the Balrog. Ever since he joined us, I don't suffer carrying the Ring around my neck anymore! But what did you do when he used his magic? You rejected him! Why, do you think, a creature like him was hiding in Moria? Probably to escape the silent madness of this world! He never wanted me or Boromir dead, but we drove him to use the darkness within him. And all of it to defeat Sauron's armed forces!"