"You want to steal from a dragon? I have the perfect creature for the job! Snuffy here is a fantastic thief, as long as he gets to keep some of the shiny stuff for his own hoard, he'd be happy to help out, wouldn't you?" Newt babbled, beaming down at his niffler.

The assembled group of dwarves and a hobbit standing before the entrance to Erebor had no idea where this strange man had come from, how he knew what they were doing, or what "Snuffy" was.

"Can I keep the dragon?"