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Stranger: I have returned to make you atone for what you did. Your crimes are atrocious, unforgivable, demanding only one penance, one possible penalty! You stupid little fish...I have come to kill you!
Narrator: He insulted me. He threw accusations at me, and I could not deny them.
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Stranger (as he again kicks Dream Lord in the face): And now, I really must be going. Time waits for no man, and all that. I do hate to cut this short, but I can tarry with you no longer.
Narrator: The man had to leave.
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Stranger (as he draws a long, bloody sword from the scabbard of a dead soldier at his feet): Thank you for all your hospitality, Kubla. I did enjoy myself, but I'm afraid we will not do it again in the future.
