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[pippin]

“I wish Merry was here,” he heard himself saying, and quick thoughts raced through his mind, even as he watched the enemy come charging to the assault. “Well, well, now at any rate I understand poor Denethor a little better. We might die together, Merry and I, and since die we must, why not? Well, as he is not here, I hope he'll find an easier end. But now I must do my best.”

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[pippin]

Perhaps you have not heard, but the most famous of hobbits as a thief!

[dothelokimotion]

[ okay. you got him there. ]

A thief?

[pippin]

A great thief & burglar! He stole the treasure of the Dwarven folk under the Misty Mountains from the terrible dragon Smaug!

[dothelokimotion]

A dragon? No mere enemy then.

[pippin]

Quite! The dragon knew the scent of dwarven folk, so a hobbit was needed, of exceeding slyness, to sneak into his lair and discover his weaknesses.

& that was my third cousin twice removed, Bilbo Baggins, who adopted my second cousin twice removed (on his mother's side) & my third cousin once removed on the other side, Frodo Baggins, who is here now & one of the most honorable hobbits ever to come from the Shire. It takes all kinds, you see.

Oh, I feel I've gotten quite turned around where the point is concerned. Do not worry; it shall come back to me, I'm sure.

[dothelokimotion]

It'll come to you.

My brother and I used to hunt dragons. Long ago.

[pippin]

You did? Oh! What surpassing heroes you two must be!

[dothelokimotion]

I'd hardly call us that.

[pippin]

Whyever so? Being a dragon-slayer is no small thing!

[dothelokimotion]

No, but I do not think we did it for anything but glory.

[pippin]

Glory, maybe, is not the most noble. But dragons are evil creatures, and oft servants of the Enemy, or so I am told. It does a great good, ridding the world of them.

[dothelokimotion]

Perhaps in your world.

But there are many worlds, for creatures that have a right to live in them.