Sneakyone.gollums-precious.1.var

Frodo swallowed. “Go away. Leave us alone.”

Frodo didn’t know what “point var” meant. But he felt it in the Ring’s weight. A version number. A countdown. And somewhere in the dark, Gollum was laughing without sound. SneakyOne.Gollums-precious.1.var

And as he vanished, his parting whisper coiled around Frodo’s ears like smoke: Frodo swallowed

“Sneaky… sneaky little hobbitses.” ” Frodo said

“Swear,” Frodo said, his voice hollow. “Swear by the Precious.”