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Old 02-05-2004, 02:10 PM   #8
Roa_Aoife
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Sorry bout that. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] The point is bassically, Foretelling is basically "Saw that one coming" or that this is how things will happen if nothing tries to intervene. And while Eru knows whatchoices will be made, He does not chooser to pick one over another. Elves and such have been around so long that they know the patterns of life and what the consequences of certain actions will be. When Gandalf told Durin that if he didn't take Bilbo, the quest would certainly fail, he didn't say it would succeed becuase of Bilbo. Foretelling something isn't a garuntee. It all depends on what the antagonists decide to do.
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