He stares through Gimli with a far-away expression of concern. “Yeah, we… Elves reincarnate. Tolkien never really clarified what happens when dwarves die. Good luck with that, buddy.”
As Gimli realises a cosmic joke has been played at his expense, Legolas cartwheels away while somehow also shooting arrows.
Return to the earth. It’s a peaceful
lifedeath.
That has to be one of the versions of this meme that is both the most on-topic to the original interaction and the most metaphysically profound (in the context of this fictional universe).
Do dwarfs die? I thought that was a particularity of humans.
Dwarfs don’t go to Valinor though… Where do they go? DoesManwëAulë have a Dwarf equivalent of Valinor somewhere? Is it underground? Is that the reason why Dwarfs are such avid miners?Edit - changed Manwë to Aulë
Now THAT’S a great world building idea! They’re digging to find heaven!