From the Lands Turned to Soot

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"That's not really saying much." She sawed away. The process was miserably slow, but it was coming along. The shackles were heavy but not to a ridiculous point. They'd be off eventually.
Fey he seemed, or the battle-fury of his fathers ran like new fire in his veins, and he was borne up on Snowmane like a god of old, even as Oromë the Great in the battle of the Valar when the world was young. - The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King




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"No," he agreed. "I wonder why I created them with such a tendency toward violence.'
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"I will say..." She paused for a moment and flexed her hand, trying to prevent cramping. "...it's not a bad thing to have fighters available."
Fey he seemed, or the battle-fury of his fathers ran like new fire in his veins, and he was borne up on Snowmane like a god of old, even as Oromë the Great in the battle of the Valar when the world was young. - The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King




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"Not in this day and age, certainly," he agreed. "It just seems like a strange thing for me to do."
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(probably not gonna be around much today as I work 4 - 9:30 for some reason)

"So...you don't remember making them?"
Fey he seemed, or the battle-fury of his fathers ran like new fire in his veins, and he was borne up on Snowmane like a god of old, even as Oromë the Great in the battle of the Valar when the world was young. - The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King




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(That's okay)

He shook his head. "I said before, I have no memory before waking up in my cell. We've deduced who I might be with the use of wall carvings in villages."
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She wondered how old this guy was exactly but wasn't curious enough to ask. She went from crouching on her feet to sitting in front of Roland. She took off her hat and set it beside her - the opposite side of her from where Bug was. She saw him as the type to snatch things.
Fey he seemed, or the battle-fury of his fathers ran like new fire in his veins, and he was borne up on Snowmane like a god of old, even as Oromë the Great in the battle of the Valar when the world was young. - The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King




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"You must have seen some of them," he ventured. "In your travels. Mostly in bot-occupied villages but some in human villages as well."
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"And you think they were talking about you?" She had seen carvings but hadn't paid much attention to the specific details .
Fey he seemed, or the battle-fury of his fathers ran like new fire in his veins, and he was borne up on Snowmane like a god of old, even as Oromë the Great in the battle of the Valar when the world was young. - The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King




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"It shows a man with hair like mine and a pair of spectacles commanding robots. Or they're kneeling."
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"Description seems to match." Unless the robots were particularly useful against the spirits, they were just another group of beings to compete with. Luckily, despite their apparent tendency towards violence, they didn't use up food and water that humans needed.
Fey he seemed, or the battle-fury of his fathers ran like new fire in his veins, and he was borne up on Snowmane like a god of old, even as Oromë the Great in the battle of the Valar when the world was young. - The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King




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"That's what the others think, and I suppose I believe them. Though I feel awkward holding any wrenches."
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"Maybe it's a relative or something. Or you could have just forgotten I guess."
Fey he seemed, or the battle-fury of his fathers ran like new fire in his veins, and he was borne up on Snowmane like a god of old, even as Oromë the Great in the battle of the Valar when the world was young. - The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King




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"I could have forgotten," he agreed. "And I really don't know if I have any relatives."
"The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that." -Karis Nemik

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She just continued to saw away. She'd take breaks every so often and try to shake the cramps out of her hands.
Fey he seemed, or the battle-fury of his fathers ran like new fire in his veins, and he was borne up on Snowmane like a god of old, even as Oromë the Great in the battle of the Valar when the world was young. - The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King



I'll admit the two turtle doves are growing on me, but there are ten birds in this house already and we both know geese are feathered bioweapons of mass destruction.
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