Aleia smiled again. Turning from one hobbit to the other, she said, "No, of course I wouldn't mind! And I used to live in the Shire, before I became a traveler." Then she turned to Will with a gleam in her eye and said, "So, Wilmac...how do you feel about travelling?"
Will caught on and backed away in a mock defensive gesture. "Oh no...there is no way that you are getting me to go on an 'adventure'. I'll stay right here in the Shire, thank you very much."
Aleia stuck her tongue out at him and grinned again. "So, would you like to hear one of my traveler's tales? There was this one time, when I was riding on my pony Skeet through Rohan, and then I saw a black shape on the ground..."
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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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