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00:19:26 |
Bombadil
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Now, what was it that you were hopin' to find under those stars of yours, huh?
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| 00:19:27 |
00:19:29 |
Bombadil
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Certainly not old Tom.
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| 00:19:31 |
00:19:33 |
The Stranger
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I was hoping to find my friends.
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| 00:19:35 |
00:19:37 |
Bombadil
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Shows what stars know, doesn't it?
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| 00:19:38 |
00:19:40 |
Bombadil
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Newcomers, that's what they are.
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| 00:19:40 |
00:19:41 |
Bombadil
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One year, it's dark.
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| 00:19:41 |
00:19:43 |
Bombadil
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The next, you look up,
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| 00:19:45 |
00:19:49 |
Bombadil
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there's a sea of tiny eyes lookin' down at ya, a-watching.
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| 00:19:51 |
00:19:55 |
Bombadil
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Now, they think they know everythin', but newcomers. Hmm?
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| 00:19:57 |
00:19:58 |
Bombadil
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Still newcomers.
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| 00:20:00 |
00:20:03 |
The Stranger
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Wha...
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| 00:20:05 |
00:20:07 |
The Stranger
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What are you?
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| 00:20:08 |
00:20:12 |
Bombadil
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Don't you know my name yet? That's the only answer.
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| 00:20:14 |
00:20:15 |
Bombadil
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Tell me, who are you,
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| 00:20:16 |
00:20:18 |
Bombadil
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alone, yourself, and nameless?
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| 00:20:19 |
00:20:24 |
Bombadil
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But you are young, and I am old.
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| 00:20:25 |
00:20:28 |
Bombadil
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Eldest, that's what I am.
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| 00:20:30 |
00:20:32 |
The Stranger
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What do you mean, "Eldest"?
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| 00:20:34 |
00:20:35 |
Bombadil
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Eldest.
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| 00:20:37 |
00:20:40 |
Bombadil
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Mark my words, friend,
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| 00:20:40 |
00:20:43 |
Bombadil
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Tom was there before the river and the trees.
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| 00:20:44 |
00:20:47 |
Bombadil
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Tom remembers the first raindrop and the first acorn.
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| 00:20:48 |
00:20:52 |
Bombadil
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He knew the dark under the stars when it was fearless.
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| 00:20:55 |
00:20:59 |
Bombadil
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This whole place used to be green. Now, it's all sand.
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| 00:21:02 |
00:21:05 |
Bombadil
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I had to come see for myself to believe it.
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| 00:21:06 |
00:21:08 |
Bombadil
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Even the birdsong isn't wholly untouched.
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| 00:21:09 |
00:21:12 |
Bombadil
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Even your tree out there. Old Man Ironwood.
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| 00:21:12 |
00:21:14 |
The Stranger
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I thought it--
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| 00:21:12 |
00:21:14 |
The Stranger
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Uh...
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| 00:21:14 |
00:21:18 |
The Stranger
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He... might be able to, lend me a branch.
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| 00:21:19 |
00:21:21 |
Bombadil
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Oh, well you should've tried askin' him.
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| 00:21:28 |
00:21:33 |
Bombadil
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Easy, Iarwain. Easy.
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| 00:21:35 |
00:21:36 |
Bombadil
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I know.
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| 00:21:37 |
00:21:41 |
The Stranger
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This... magic. Can you teach it to me?
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| 00:21:42 |
00:21:47 |
Bombadil
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Teach you? What's to learn way out 'ere?
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| 00:21:50 |
00:21:55 |
The Stranger
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You wield power over trees, over wind and fire.
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| 00:21:55 |
00:21:58 |
The Stranger
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You wield it, as if it belongs to you.
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| 00:21:58 |
00:22:00 |
Bombadil
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All things belong each to themselves.
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| 00:22:01 |
00:22:04 |
Bombadil
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Just as you belong to yourself.
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| 00:22:04 |
00:22:09 |
The Stranger
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Then, might you teach me how to wield a staff?
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| 00:22:10 |
00:22:14 |
Bombadil
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A wizard's staff is like a name.
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| 00:22:15 |
00:22:20 |
Bombadil
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It's yours to wield already, if you prove yourself worthy of it.
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| 00:22:21 |
00:22:25 |
Bombadil
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You showed today that you're not. Yet.
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| 00:22:28 |
00:22:33 |
Bombadil
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Whether you can become so, well, we shall soon discover.
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| 00:22:38 |
00:22:41 |
The Stranger
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I was never meant to find a staff under these stars.
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| 00:22:43 |
00:22:47 |
The Stranger
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I was meant to find you. Wasn't I?
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| 00:22:54 |
00:22:55 |
The Stranger
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What is it?
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| 00:22:56 |
00:22:58 |
Bombadil
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We're not alone.
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| 00:23:04 |
00:23:05 |
The Stranger
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Who are they?
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| 00:23:09 |
00:23:11 |
The Stranger
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Why do they hunt me, and my friends?
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| 00:23:14 |
00:23:17 |
Bombadil
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You are not the first Istar who's eaten honey by my fire.
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| 00:23:19 |
00:23:22 |
Bombadil
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Years ago, there was another.
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| 00:23:22 |
00:23:24 |
Bombadil
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The Dark Wizard.
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| 00:23:27 |
00:23:29 |
The Stranger
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What became of him?
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| 00:23:31 |
00:23:34 |
Bombadil
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Once, he sought to control magic, like you.
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| 00:23:37 |
00:23:39 |
Bombadil
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Now, he controls much of Rhûn.
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| 00:23:41 |
00:23:43 |
Bombadil
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But still, he hungers for more.
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| 00:23:44 |
00:23:48 |
The Stranger
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You believe his evil will spread?
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| 00:23:49 |
00:23:53 |
Bombadil
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Not without an ally far more powerful even than himself.
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| 00:23:55 |
00:23:56 |
The Stranger
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Sauron.
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| 00:24:00 |
00:24:02 |
Bombadil
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If these two flames combine into one,
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| 00:24:04 |
00:24:08 |
Bombadil
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there will be no end to burnin', till all Middle-earth is ashes.
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| 00:24:12 |
00:24:14 |
The Stranger
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Can you stop it?
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| 00:24:17 |
00:24:19 |
Bombadil
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Old Tom's a wanderer, not a warrior.
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| 00:24:20 |
00:24:23 |
Bombadil
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Great deeds are left to the hands they were placed in.
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| 00:24:26 |
00:24:31 |
Bombadil
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And I shall gather lilies, while yet they grow.
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| 00:24:33 |
00:24:34 |
The Stranger
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You mean...
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| 00:24:37 |
00:24:38 |
The Stranger
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You mean my hands.
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| 00:24:48 |
00:24:51 |
The Stranger
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Is it my task to stop the fire?
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| 00:24:52 |
00:24:55 |
The Stranger
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Is it my task to face Sauron?
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| 00:24:57 |
00:25:02 |
Bombadil
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Your task... is to face them both.
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