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But first they would need to invent some tape
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They could have fitted the whole ring / tape / mouse assembly into a small paper bag Aragorn could have kept it in his jacket and fed it little bits of lembas on the way how lovely x
This is my headcanon and I cannot be convinced otherwise.
Yeah sam is the true king imo ๐
I mean, I haven't read the books in a while now, but iirc they make this pretty damn clear