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BrianIsSmilingAtYou
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Alatar wrote:I was reading History of the Hobbit again last night and skirr came into my mind as well! Wouldn't this:
Up came some tools and bundles of stores, and then danger was upon them. A whirring noise was heard. A red light touched the points of standing rocks. The dragon came.
have been better as
Up came some tools and bundles of stores, and then danger was upon them. A skirring noise was heard. A red light touched the points of standing rocks. The dragon came.
Its kinda like "a scary whirring" noise, don'tcha think?
Whirring is more like a hummingbird, not a dragon. Skirring is indeed better.

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