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3.02sEvery emperor ascended to power by assassinating the previous one.
1.05sAnd guess who's next?
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2.7sWell, at least my assassin will get what's coming to him.
2.18sYou're in tremendous danger, you idiot!
3.27sHalf these emperors were drunk at their own coronation.
2.77sHey, I plan on having a few brewskis myself.
1.5sNo, they were assassinated.
5.77sIn fact, the law says you'll be killed on the spot if you fail to recite the oath from memory.
1.9sI was going to thumb through that later.
2.1sThat is completely reckless.
2.12sDon't you ever think ahead?
1.13sHell, no.
5.17sIf I stopped to think ahead I wouldn't be emperor and I wouldn't even be here in the year 3000.
3.39sIt's just like the story of the grasshopper and the octopus.
7.41sAll year long, the grasshopper kept burying acorns for winter while the octopus mooched off his girlfriend and watched TV.