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Falco thanked Modtryth for the tankard. As the lord of the hall put his question to him, Falco took a long pull: the ale was getting better as the day lingered.
"It was like this, my Lord," Falco replied, "I was in the party that rescued him from captivity in the Hills of Evendim, and he had to get nursed back to health after the bad treatment he'd suffered. So he stayed at one of our inns, which was in my village.
"Being the good man he was, he was grateful to me for saving his life and we talked often and long. He told me stories of Rohan and the Great War, and I told him the little I knew of the Four Famous Hobbits. By the time he was back in good health he said he was going back to Rohan. I asked him if he'd like a traveling mate, and he was willing.
"So by the time we had made it to Edoras, we were fast friends."
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