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I have made more uncertain wagers,
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in years past.
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And yet here I stand.
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Then why have you not yet told him?
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He has been pushed to brink of madness by imagined betrayal.
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I would not see him forced over precipice by truth
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of harsher realities.
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What would you have of me?
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What you have already been asked.
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You have your father's ear.
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Bring him to reason,
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breaking words as I command them...