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Boromir

Pippin raced down the hillside so quickly he lost his balance, tumbling several metres before his descent was halted by a laughing Merry.

Boromir frowned. What folly to send children on the Quest! This was a task for men of gravitas and stealth, not reckless youths!

“Why did you do that?” he demanded of the sniggering Took.

“Merry dared me to race him.”

“What foolishness! Would you throw yourself into the sea if he bade you?”

“That would entirely depend on how warm the water was,” Pippin retorted, winking at his cousin.

Boromir lost the brief struggle not to laugh.

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