> tarquin: you know, elan, you can't always fixate on the negative. you should try being more optimistic. if someone conquers an empire and rules it with an iron fist for thirty long years, and then some paladin breaks into his throne room and kills him  what do you think he's going to remember as he lays dying? > elan: ...that good triumphed over evil? > tarquin: no, that he got to live like a god for three decades! sure the last ten minutes sucked, but you can't have everything. > elan: but in the end  > tarquin: the end of what, son? the story? there is no end, there's just the point where the storytellers stop talking. somewhere between "villain of the week" and "good triumphs over evil", there's a sweet spot where guys like me get to rule the roost for years. as long as i go into this accepting the price i may eventually pay, then i win  no matter what actually happens.
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