oh, okay. I think I just misunderstood; I thought that when Tar-Palantir asked about Balin's return to Moria, that meant Balin wasn't dead after all, even though his tomb was there. so I guess what Tar-Palantir is asking is about Balin's return to Moria before he was killed there.
I was starting to think the "he's dead! no, he's not dead!" was getting a bit overused. ;-)
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