Aleia grinned at the young female hobbit. Hopping off her stool, she swept a ridiculously low bow. "Aleia at your service, miss!" Wilmac and the hobbit laughed as she straightened up with a silly grin on her face. "And to answer your question, Wilmac, I am of the wandering kind. My full name is Aleia Took, proud member and full-fledged mischief-maker." She said this last with a devious smile on her face. Aleia dearly loved playing practical jokes on people.
Feeling giddily happy with the excitement of meeting new people, she ordered another pint and another bit of cheese. Chewing a large bite, she turned to the newcomer and said, "So sorry for interrupting you, miss. What do you go by?"
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"There's a big...machine in the sky...some kind of electric snake...coming straight at us."
"Shoot it," said my attorney.
"Not yet...I want to study its habits."
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