-- I understand... Tropas snomas din plex zvlesmev, ya tey dex gnifan tab spishdrah ziv mev... But not all that is bad is bad, and sometimes bad is very good.
Out of three options, one has boiling tongues, another has a darkened abyss, and the third has a ruined mine. Which one should I go to, and which one should I send Dorych to? No problem. Is ten under a granite arch more than one under your feet? No problem. Once upon a time, there were A and A, A fell, A disappeared, who remained? Three. Out of three, two are bad, otherwise it's either ten or one. Who? Question.
Apparently, to fulfill his prediction, he needed three named items.