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“A tremor was sent to me from the Finfallian border not long after you managed to sneak past the guards.”
So creative!
“I have rings of power,” she said. “Elvish, dwarfish, humanish, and one to rule them all. It is preciousss to me.”
Haha nice!
“The air doesn’t smell so foul down here,” she said.
Nice!
I’d probably bark orders at her, too, and any woman worth her salt wouldn’t stand for such behavior.
“Please. I’m sorry. Jest lemme have a lil sip. Jest one, I promise, an’ then I’ll be good. I won’ need any more until tomorrow mornin’. I swear it on…” Her mind raced, searching for a meaningful oath. “…I swear it on my mama’s mem’ry.” Everything seemed to stop at once. Her heart stopped beating. Her lungs stopped filling with air. Her blood stopped circulating through her body. Even the forest, which was always in motion, seemed to freeze in place. The wind failed to blow. The leaves refused to rustle. The insects paused in their tireless toils.
Beautiful... And heart-breaking...
“Have you heard of magenum?”
Here we go!
“Which is exactly why I know we shouldn’t go there.” Bryony opened her mouth to argue, but he beat her to it. “I won’t go there unless we have no other choice.”
Man the LOTR references and tropes in this one are great!
Seems they’ve developed a love for a garden game where they strike balls through tiny arched gates. They call it recreation.
Croquet
Which, hopefully, meant he would never need to use his failsafe.
The Eye of the World,
Nice
