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Card #c1447IR // #c1447Synthesis

What sort of gold have they sent down the river to reward us? Dragon-fire and ruin! From whom should we claim the recompense of our damage, and aid for our widows and orphans?

— In our words · Source: The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)

[Use when]

When a partner's executive blames your absent team for a joint outage, publish the signed deployment log to the room immediately.

[Why it matters]

Lake-town's Master keeps his office in the ashes by turning the crowd's rage onto the dwarves, buying time before his ruin.

Filed under situations:When you need a yes and they’re not there yet

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