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			"But but but," squeaked Meneltarbo.  "Y-you don't want to kill a cute little hobbit like me, do you?"
 "We've been waiting for a long time to do this," chorused everyone.
 
 "Noo, don't kill the hobbit," came a tiny voice from outside.
 
 "Ha!" said Valier.  "Amateur!  I could see your lips moving!"
 
 "What?" said Meneltarbo.
 
 "Don't kill Mr. Baggins!" came a teensy weensy voice from inside a closet.  Meneltarbo looked around puzzledly.
 
 "Really Master Burglar," said Thorin.  "If you are innocent, you'll have nothing to worry about."
 
 "Except for being dead," added Runi.
 
 "And if you are guilty..."
 
 "Well then you'd better start worrying," advised Beorno.
 
 "I can't help worrying!" sobbed Menel.
 
 "Aha!" cried Bifur.  "An admission?"
 
 "Or just cowardice?" wondered Bomburlass.
 
 "Enough," said Valier, and blasted Meneltarbo Baggins through the wall with a fireball.
 
 There was a very long pause after Valier and Beornomien smothered the flames.
 
 They found the lower half of his body, but there was no change.  Except he had even less hair than when they had started.
 
 
 Living:
 Beornomien
 Valier the Grey
 Thorin Angurielsheild
 Runi son of Bjarne
 Bifur Fegalund
 Bomburlass
 
 
 Dead:
 Eomi of the Rohirrim (Innocent), beheaded on DAY one
 dwancing spawn of fundin (Twin), beheaded on NIGHT two
 Nari (Twin), died of sorrow on NIGHT two
 Gloanna (Innocent), hung on DAY two
 Farael the Deathless (Protector), crushed with a hammer protecting his choice on NIGHT three
 Kathin (Hunter), lynched on DAY three
 Bofgrod (Innocent), taken down with the hunter on DAY three
 Dori88 (Innocent), dismembered on NIGHT four
 Voloin (Werewolf), took poison and melted his own brains on DAY four
 Orilin (Seer), defaced on NIGHT five
 Meneltarbo Baggins (Innocent), blown away on DAY five
 
 NIGHT six has now begun.  Wolves may PM.
 
 (apologies about the time)
 
				__________________ But all the while I sit and think of times there were beforeI listen for returning feet and voices at the door
 
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