Besides that, I don't think that Gandalf expected to cross paths with the Balrog. The mines were so huge and labrynthine that the odds were against there being a confrontation. I suppose it just wasn't Gandalf's lucky day.
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"'You," he said, "tell her all. What good came to you? Do you rejoice that Maleldil became a man? Tell her of your joys, and of what profit you had when you made Maleldil and death acquainted.'" -Perelandra, by C.S. Lewis
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