Bilbo butters up Smaug as much as he can – "Smaug the Tremendous!" (12.45) and "Smaug the Chiefest and Greatest of Calamities" (12.47), Bilbo calls him.But, of course, Smaug can't see him, so they fall into pleasant (if tense) conversation.Bilbo offers to go back down into Smaug's lair to find out more: "'Every worm has his weak spot,' as father used to say" (12.37).
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