tom is the "moss" that never moves. He "is", as goldberry said. He is as old as time, and has stayed in his boundaries for all the ages. Gandalf of course, has never called one place home. A good analogy was the one made earlier about the boulder with no moss. I also believe Gandalf wanted to have the conversation with him because it was the last real conversation with a wise being, that he would have in middle earth. dont get met wrong, the captains of the west, elrond, ect. were all wise, but tom is ancient, like his counterpart treebeard. I believe Gandalf maybe linked the two together, and tom was the missing piece of his puzzle for the lore of middle earth and its years. who is tom bombadil? HE IS....
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