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Shasta's craggy face seemed to be lined much more liberally than usual as he looked up on the bloodstains and body parts that were all that remained of Nogrod and Eomer.
"I had read for Eomer just yesterday..." he said softly, half to himself. "The Death card had come up, but... I never expected... Surely the reason it crossed the Two of Wands is clear now, two deaths... The card is so rarely taken literally... Change is its normal meaning... and this... well, this is certainly a change... The cards are never wrong," he began to speak louder, "but just this once.... I wish they had been."
Shasta bowed his head, more frail today than usual, and turned away from the sight.
"I need to sit..."
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