Even the Grey Pilgrim could not convince either side to back down and was of half a mind to use his magic to singe a few heads of hobbit and human hair to coerce a settlement. Hobbits talked a lot in general. Angry hobbits could make a loud enough racket that would make the Dark Lord himself want to cover his ears despite the fact that he had none. The poor wizard was regretting the day he decided to help the Hobbits; no, correction, things were so bad that he was regretting the day he had first MET a Hobbit when Legolas arrived onto the scene.