Thanks for that wonderful post,
Saucy! (...and so soon!
) I laughed over the loyer speak, contrasting with the Cali/Valley slang, and the redemption is just sappy enough to be appropriate for a Mary Sue quest! But the last line really takes the cake...
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'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth..
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