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While I don't think that he was necessarily sorry, I do think he was frightened a bit by what he had allowed to happen. Not repentant, but kinda like, "Oh crap! This is getting serious!" as Silmiel of Imladris and HC suggested. Yes, I am a Grima-lover and -pitier, because this is a point of no return for him. I like to think that he's crying because it seems Eowyn is going to die. He doesn't care a pin for anyone else in Rohan, but he does care for her. Whether this is really the reason or not, I don't know.
Note to Knight of Gondor: I don't think that he's completely without good anymore. He did say in the Shire how Saruman made him kill Lotho, and we can safely assume (in fact, Saruman says, "Yes, you always do what Sharkey tells you, don't you, Worm?") that he's just a minion of the wizard, too weak to resist him.
I also agree with Morima. Even though we don't know a lot about Grima's past, it seems that he had a really lousy life. I like the idea that Eowyn saw him as a child and in her innocence was kind to him, but then things changed between them as he became a dark agent and more than a tad lusty. Or loving. Or whatever it is in their twisted little relationship.
Mariska makes a great point, but I again, I don't consider him pure evil. A bad dude, certainly, but not wholly evil.
yay for adding to ancient threads!
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