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I'm with Lalwendë: Saruman, I think, here is being sarcastic (thought as I've said before the first part, about him watching the stars, is not sarcastic).
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Still agree with the first bit; still don't agree with the second bit. I hold to the belief that Saruman is just dripping sarcasm in all aspects of this scene, but hey, to each her own.
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Saruman is also punning on calling Gríma Worm, saying that he now even eats the dead.
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Now that is interesting; I didn't think of that before. Plus, a worm is basically the lowest form of life, a parasite, even as Grima was to Theoden. It can't survive on its own -- it needs others around to help it live, perhaps why Grima decided to go with Saruman even when Gandalf told him to just leave him.