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[fire_of_mahal]

While Gimli deeply and truly appreciates the ingenuity of modern forms of plumbing, sometimes the more traditional ways of getting clean are called for after a hard day of work. Streams are good. So are lakes

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[bad_as_he_is]

And he is joined by a young man with a truly amazing appetite who settles beside him and orders breakfast himself.

"Morning, Master Gimli."

[bad_as_he_is]

He nods.

"It sounds a foul thing to make. There are of course a number of things you could do with such a ring that might be all right, but in the end you'd be tempted to do what you ought not to do and it's not worth the trouble."

[fire_of_mahal]

"Oh, indeed," says Gimli. "Thus did it always tempt those who came into contact with it- for the Ring had a will of its own."

He thinks a moment longer.

"One of my companions, who bore the Ring longest on the quest to destroy it, wrote of what happened on that long Quest. While I do not expect you could read the original Red Book of Westmarch, it has been rendered into English. Should it happen that you find such things of interest (and do not mind spending a long time with a book), you might do well to borrow a copy of the translation."

[bad_as_he_is]

He considers for a moment. He's already got a book from Mister Lawrence for the moment and while the story sounds exciting, he knows with the work and his own galavanting about, he probably won't read it. However--

"At the moment, I won't, sir. After I finish the volume from Mister Lawrence, however, I'll be asking for it."

Because it would give Lawrence more to read to him.

[fire_of_mahal]

"Well enough," says Gimli. "Though perhaps you might begin with the book that Frodo's uncle Bilbo wrote, which spoke of the finding of the Ring, ere anyone knew what it was. The language is simpler going, I've found," he adds.

.... yes, Gimli used his own canon as practise material for English comprehension lessons. Not his fault the author presented it as a translation.

[bad_as_he_is]

He nods.

"That might be for the best. The beginning is usually the best place to start a story, I suppose."