"I should like to save the Shire, if I could - though there have been times when I thought the inhabitants too stupid and dull for words, and have felt that an earthquake or an invasion of dragons might be good for them. But I don't feel like that now. I feel that as long as the Shire lies behind, safe and comfortable, I shall find wandering more bearable: I shall know that somewhere there is a firm foothold, even if my feet cannot stand there again."

carrying the world around his neck

"I see no hope of it now. But I've got to do the best I can."

ooc; Zero would cut him….only if he could die here, but he cant so shes too lazy and would likely just start ignoring him.

that’s honestly fine with him. he’d…yeah he’d ignore her too. ACTUALLY JUST PLAN ON NOT MEETING HER TBH…he has enough stuff going down.