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"Ho, Frodo."
"Ho, Gandalf."
Pause.
"Sir," Gandalf said softly.
"I know what you're doing, Gandalf, sir, and I'm warning you."
"Warning me?"
"I can be the best hobbit you've got, but don't play games with me."
"Or what?"
"Or I'll be the worst hobbit you've got. One or the other."
"And what do you want, warm muffins and a full pipe?" Gandalf was getting angry now.
Frodo looked unworried. "I want the One Ring."
Gandalf walked back to him and stood, leaning on his staff, looking down into his eyes. "Why should you get the One Ring?"
"Because I'd know what to do with it."
"Indeed. Knowing what to do with a Ring of Power is easy," Gandalf said. It's getting them into Mordor that's hard. Why would anyone in the Fellowship want to follow a little pinprick like you?"