“When the fear takes him, and the blood, and the screams, and the horrors of battle take hold, do you think he would stand and fight? He would flee.”
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In The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003), Éomer speaks this line while describing the breaking point of a soldier caught in the chaos of battle. The line lists raw, sensory horrors — fear, blood, screams — and ends with a blunt, conclusive judgment: He would flee. Its power comes from the buildup of harsh images and the sudden, spare final sentence.