For a moment there, he thinks he's won Théoden over, and he knows that Gandalf
needs Rohan as much as Rohan needs Gandalf. But then whoosh, everything falls
away from under Saruman's feet, and he can't believe it - and so he loses his
temper. The once-great wizard, Maia of the cunning mind, is gone, and what's
left is a man with bitter and twisted memories. It's actually rather
sad.
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