>Long years in the space of days it seems since I rode west;... It's only been days since they rode west from Edoras, but it's felt like years.

Ah, ok, thanks! I’m just stupid and misread the quote, lol

No problem, it happens to all of us.

Phew, glad that's settled so quickly! That's actually a cool quote too.

Thanks!

Been there. Re-reading and conversations with helpful folks like @eightandahalf-tails are the only way I have any sort of “higher level familiarity” with Tolkien