A sickness lies upon that treasure hoard.A sickness which drove your grandfather mad." Balin added: "You""re not yourself.The Thorin I know would not hesitate o go in there." Balin sensed that Thorin would sacrifice Bilbo as a burglar for his own purposes.Smaug continued to stalk Bilbo and revealed that he knew of Thorin Oakenshield""s quest to reclaim Lonely Mountain and acquire the Arkenstone - and then made a dire prediction about he approach of Sauron.From his perspective, Charles"" vision blurs as he reels and swoons dizzyingly in front of her.While holding onto her leg and fiddling with her shoe strap, he explains how he is a snake-enthusiast and an ale heir:It""s funny to be even here at your feet talking about beer? You see, I don""t like beer, bock beer, lager beer, or steam beer.Daybreak comes, and the time is set for the troops"" departure.The pride of the South is assembled.The South""s flag expresses their fighting spirit: "Conquer We Must For Our Cause is Just: Victory or Death.The remainder of the film""s narrative is set in Paris.In the next scene, a clever transitionary scene from Venice to Paris, a Morse-Code like radio-transmitted signal is beamed from the top of a technology-transformed Eiffel Tower (viewed at night) - the signals shoot out like bolts of lightning (similar to the RKO Pictures opening trademark).