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One Who Sticks Closer than a Brother by Lindelea	5 Review(s)
Larner	Reviewed Chapter: 4 on 9/16/2006
Regi has some rational reasons not to believe Pippin's news, but then he's not known what Pippin knows. And now they recognize the absence and are starting to do something about it. Too bad, really, that Ferdi can't follow through, but I certainly understand why not. Author Reply: That is so true. You know, hobbits might hear tales of the Palantir and still not understand what it does or how it works. We understand, having television (and even camera phones, nowadays) but their technology was so limited, and their magic the ordinary sort that had to do with hiding themselves in a twinkling, or nurturing growing things, that the magic of the Palantir might be beyond the comprehension of most. Do you think so? Of course, Frodo was extraordinary, and Sam, though fairly ordinary, had already seen Rivendell and other wonders by the time he saw the Mirror of Galadriel, and so he was primed to believe what he saw there. But I don't think ordinary hobbits, who'd lived all their lives in the Shire, would be quite so quick to understand, just as you said. Ah, Ferdi, we'll be giving him a bit of a breather, in this story. He gets to cuddle with his Nell and their children and not be worried about anything.

harrowcat	Reviewed Chapter: 4 on 9/15/2006
Dear Lindelea please tell EF that this particular reviewer took a long time to come out from behind the keyboard. I lurked in many of the white spaces beyond the margins (to quote Larner) before I dared to declare myself in a review. It is the great responses that I get and the buzz of those interactions that keep me reviewing. I seldom, if ever, have anything intelligent to say but on the rare occasion that authors let me know that something I said has sparked a thought or idea I go around for weeks with a secret grin on my face. EF do jump in but, be warned, it is decidedly addictive! Author Reply: I'll tell EF what you said. Who knows, she just might start leaving thoughtful feedback instead of sneaking in to read and sneaking out again like a gollum.

harrowcat	Reviewed Chapter: 4 on 9/15/2006
Oh Meadowsweet. Sometimes it is good, right and proper to confide all your worries and fears. Sometimes it helps to put things on the right track! Author Reply: Poor Meadowsweet. She's just afraid that Tolly wasn't in trouble with the Thain, but that her question started Regi thinking that he ought to be. Still, Pippin's grown a lot since the last time, and I think Meadowsweet will find he's fairminded and a bit less inclined to fly off the handle. It helps that his son is safe in the Smials at the moment, too.

Dreamflower	Reviewed Chapter: 4 on 9/15/2006
Well, Pippin's exactly right, there is a perfectly reasonable explanation--though as we know that doesn't make it a good explanation! Poor Tolly is going to be in sad shape when they locate him, but at least they're sending searchers out. And poor Meadowsweet, not understanding any of it! Diamond's fears are reasonable ones for a mother, but Regi is being overly suspicious--sheesh, Pippin knows Sam, and he knows the King, you'd think Regi'd take the Thain's word for it that he knows what he's talking about. I like Pippin's firmness that he will not allow himself to be swayed into jumping to conclusions again. It caused enough trouble already. I know they'll find Tolly before he freezes to death, but I do hope things won't be too terribly dire... Author Reply: Goodness, we're an hour late in starting school. Both young hobbits awakened with a tummy ache, but are feeling better now, so we're going to go ahead with our day. Hmm, I never thought of the connection (or lack of such) between reasonable and good before! I'm glad they're sending searchers out. You know if it were Ferdi, he'd pull an amazing Strider-feat and follow the trail without half-trying... LOL Poor Regi. He is, for the most part, a most unimaginative hobbit. But he does a good job of following orders. Poor Tolly. I don't know if the freezing water would have helped his fever, or precipitated him rapidly towards pneumonia... But there's an ace up the Muse's sleeve, yet.

Bodkin	Reviewed Chapter: 4 on 9/15/2006
Meadowsweet seems to be scared stiff by the knock-on effect of all the alarums and adventures of the last years - and I can't blame her. I hope Pippin and Diamond are able to convince her that she has nothing to worry about - not that way, anyway. (I'd love Tolly's released men to be found - and be harmless innocents. It's not as if he's lacking in judgment - or suspicion. And not every man deserves to dangle from a rope.) Of course, Tolly's absence is worrying in other ways. How long has he been in the water now? Too long! I'm glad to see Pippin isn't jumping to conclusions, but standing firm in his trust of his loyal hobbits. Long may it last! Author Reply: It might be hazardous to their health for Tolly's released men to be found, considering they were in violation of the Edict. Of course, Elessar himself is in the Northlands for another fortnight or so, and I suppose they might be able to appeal to the King himself, with the hobbits' backing. (Without the hobbits' backing I'm sure they'd be strung up without hesitation on the Rangers' part. But you're right, not every man deserves such a fate.) However, we'll see more of those Men in this story, at some point, rest assured. Thanks! Reviews keep the Muse quietly murmuring away. Funny how that works. (I keep telling EF that, but she says she can never think of something intelligent to say. I tell her to leave a "WOW THIS ROCKS!!!!! U R AMAZING!!!" or something like that, for authors she likes, but so far as I know she hasn't, yet. ...or, you haven't got one of those yet on SoA, have you?)

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