[His eyes widen as realization dawns on his face. Years...]

Before this moment we had never spoken... personally. [Familiar dread begins to settle in the pit of his stomach.] The last I recall is the dragon, Smaug flying towards... towards Laketown. [He knows he just guaranteed the deaths of hundreds not even moments before his arrival here.

He looks back up at Thranduil with a sincerely saddened expression.] I'm sorry. I don't remember anything past that.