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Were the three hunters the only ones present?

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And I'm glad to see it again, it's short now, but I doubt I'll stay there.
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No, nor was it said by one of them.
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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Is it Théoden?
If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.

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It is!
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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Do you have the quote?
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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My books are charging. :blackeye:

(I also have two different paper editions, but Kindle is easier to navigate.)

If someone wants to get the quote, go for it.
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Is it, "And glad shall I be to see it again, though brief now, I doubt not, shall be my abiding there."(?)
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Indeed it is. Your turn!
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Thanks, Voronwë!

The next quote is longer in translation than in the original. Also, uh, well...
Yo, eyes open. An unidentified enemy has breached our coastlines in a swift and militaristic attack.
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That looks like a Google translation of a Russian mil blogger.
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Perhaps a hint? Neither "enemy" nor any synonym of it appears in the quote, but it is said to someone the speaker considers an enemy.
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Denethor to Gandalf?
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No, much earlier.
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Somebody to Thorin?
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First Age?
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Jude wrote: ↑Wed Nov 16, 2022 12:09 pmSomebody to Thorin?
Earlier.
Voronwë the Faithful wrote: ↑Wed Nov 16, 2022 1:51 pmFirst Age?
Yep!
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Is the word "coastlines" or something similar in the quote?
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No. There is in fact only one word—"swift"—that was retained unaltered from the original.
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Is "Yo" a translation of "Behold"? Or some other attention-grabbing word?
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