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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

"reins"

Horses have reins, kings have reigns.

"Handing the reins over" is a reference to handing horse reins over.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

You're welcome

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If we're talking about Shadowfax, yeah

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I don't know the books by heart, but I think he didn't have reins.