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**lindil** · 10-06-2002, 04:18 PM

Busybee, actually she is doing well, part osmosis, part understanding. Sometimes I will simplfy words or explain things.

It is her favorite part of the day [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

A couple of points. Aragorn was the lawful master of the Orthanc stone and through a combination of 'right', his strength or I would rather say 'being' and i would imagine a bit of overshadowing by Eru, Aragorn wrenched the stone away from sauron's will, something Saruman could not [ or did not truly wish to ] do.

Aragorn then reports that he turned the stone to his own purpose and saw the black fleet and rightly surmised that it's known coming would hamstring the efforts to properly man Minas Tirith.

So Aragorn had a 'free' stone so to speak.

But everyone who surmised that there was a danger of Saruman somehow intercepting a gaze also shares my concern. I need to read the UT chapter again though to be sure.

I was curious to see other folks take on the idea.

10-06-2002, 04:18 PM	#8
lindil Seeker of the Straight Path Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: a hidden fastness in Big Valley nor cal Posts: 1,680	Busybee, actually she is doing well, part osmosis, part understanding. Sometimes I will simplfy words or explain things. It is her favorite part of the day [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] A couple of points. Aragorn was the lawful master of the Orthanc stone and through a combination of 'right', his strength or I would rather say 'being' and i would imagine a bit of overshadowing by Eru, Aragorn wrenched the stone away from sauron's will, something Saruman could not [ or did not truly wish to ] do. Aragorn then reports that he turned the stone to his own purpose and saw the black fleet and rightly surmised that it's known coming would hamstring the efforts to properly man Minas Tirith. So Aragorn had a 'free' stone so to speak. But everyone who surmised that there was a danger of Saruman somehow intercepting a gaze also shares my concern. I need to read the UT chapter again though to be sure. I was curious to see other folks take on the idea. __________________ The dwindling Men of the West would often sit up late into the night exchanging lore & wisdom such as they still possessed that they should not fall back into the mean estate of those who never knew or indeed rebelled against the Light.