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“We had it once, precious. Yes. It was our birthday present. All our own. My… precious .” His voice cracked into a raw, grieving whisper. “But then It left. It jumped away. And we’s been cold ever since.”

Then, as suddenly as a snuffed candle, Gollum’s demeanor changed. He cowered, whimpering. “But we can help. Yes, precious. Show you the secret way into the Black Land. Past the gates. Past the Eye. Gollum knows paths that were old when Sauron was a mewling spirit.” SneakyOne.Gollums-precious.1.var

“Sneaky… sneaky little hobbitses.” “We had it once, precious

And as he vanished, his parting whisper coiled around Frodo’s ears like smoke: “We had it once