Aleia watched as Gilly ran off, and then turned to Benia. "I do hope she finds something," she said with a smile, patting her stomach. Benia grinned and said "Ah...as hobbitish as the next! So where do you hail from, Aleia?"
"Well, being a Took, I come from Tookland. I was tired of the conventional hobbit life so I became a wanderer with my pony Skeet. We've had a grand ole time wandering about, but sometimes you do get a hankering for a good ole mug of ale back in the Shire. But what about you and Gilly? Where do you two hail from?"
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"There's a big...machine in the sky...some kind of electric snake...coming straight at us."
"Shoot it," said my attorney.
"Not yet...I want to study its habits."
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