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Note: I don't really like this chapter, but I've been trying to finish it for quite some time. Today I finally just forced it out. Maybe that'll clear up the writer's block that's been hounding me! Hopefully, you guys will enjoy it and that's really all that matters. And PLEASE REVIEW!

Lugdush suddenly snapped to attention, "Wait, wait, wait! If you are gonna assess our characters, why have you spent so much time teaching us manners?!"

"So it would be easier to work with you of course!" Pippin said unabashed.

"You made me hit you over my manners and you say that wasn't even the point?! What the hell is wrong with you, man?" grumbled Grishnakh through a mouthful of entrails.

Pippin sighed, "Please don't talk with your mouth full!"

Ugluk gave him that one eyebrow up look, "Do you have OCD?"

Pippin paused from desperately scrubbing the dirt out from under his fingernails, "NO!"

"Well, after that march, I deserve a laugh. Go on, Halfling, assess my character!" demanded Ugluk.

"Oh, um, you see..... Dr. Meriadoc! What are your thoughts?"

Merry walked up to Ugluk, grabbed his face and looked him in the eyes. Then, without warning, Merry grabbed Ugluk's tongue and pulled. Ugluk cried out in pain and Merry released him. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! I'll Orc you good!" Ugluk raised his fist.

Merry ducked the punch and made a clucking sound, "My prognosis is that he has displaced anger. What do you think, Dr. Peregrin?"

Pippin stroked his chin thoughtfully, "Perhaps, the question would be the root of this displaced anger?"

"Maybe the fact that the sleepy, curly-headed Halfling nearly ripped out my tongue!"

Pippins picked up a rock and tossed it up and down in one hand, "No, no, no. That can't be it, you Orcs have a rather thick hides, thus your pain tolerance is extremely high. Observe."

Pippin chucked the rock at another Orc that is just sitting on the edge of Fanghorn. It hit the poor guy square in chest. He jumped to his feet and began screaming and fighting with some other Orc.

Merry looks at the fighting Orcs thoughtfully, "I think they have displaced anger too."

Extra Note: For those of you who don't know, OCD means "Obsessive Compulsive Disorder"