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   From: Teacher@flschool.fl   
      
   "Bill O'Meally"  wrote in message   
   news:201109192043274717-omeallymd@wiserrcom...   
      
   On 2011-09-19 20:35:06 -0500, FL Teacher said:   
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   > Tying this thread to the one asking why Isildur didn't suffer   
   > black-breath-like illness after slicing into Sauron...   
   > Perhaps the magic innate in Narsil created a buffer protecting Isildur,   
   > yet the strain was enough to break apart the enchantment holding Narsil   
   > together.   
      
   And holding Elendil together??   
      
      
      
      
      
   No need to have anything holding him together. Narsil acted as an insulator.   
   Sauron is the high voltage line, Narsil is the electrician's glove.   
      
   NYT   
      
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