The answer to the riddle was Time.
But I'll have to look it up to give you the full riddle. Ah yes, here it is:
This thing all things devours:
Birds, beasts, trees, flowers;
Gnaws iron, bites steel;
Grinds hard stones to meal;
Slays king, ruins town,
And beats high mountain down.
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Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!
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