Not going to lie. This chapter made me a little emotional. Carl meeting Tipid! Realizing they had 50k previous crawlers there to help! 🥲 I think this is going to end up being my favorite book in the series.
"I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."