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Now this bare soul can find no aid in a sword, nor protection in a shield
Which I thought is what I was going for.
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Ah, one of those subtle differenves that build up. More literally, it's "Now to a bared soul no aid is a sword, no protection a shield". Regardless, I like where the chain of interpretation got to: that no support is coming to Finrod from his people. That's why I said it's so on point, even though it's not the semi-metaphysical reference that builds up to Finrod's preferred mode of duels. It fits so perfectly in the new meaning!
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"Love", to echo Finrod earlier.
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Is this the right time to go "lol, stupid autocorrect"?
Re: Lay - absolutely! In my head it scans both as the Renunciation of Nargothrond and as the Ballad to Amarie (the first lines, before it breaks the rhyming scheme and structure). Give it time, other melodies will likely follow suit.