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351
So, it is down to you. And it is down to me. 352
If you wish her dead,
by all means keep moving forward. 353
- Let me explain
- There's nothing to explain. 354
You're trying to kidnap
what I've rightfully stolen. 355
Perhaps an arrangement can be reached? 356
There will be no arrangement
and you're killing her! 357
But if there can be no arrangement,
then we are at an impasse. 358
I'm afraid so. 359
I can't compete with you physically.
And you're no match for my brains. 360
You're that smart? 361
Let me put it this way: have you ever
heard of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates? 362
- Yes.
- Morons. 363
Really? In that case,
I challenge you to a battle of wits. 364
For the princess? 365
To the death? 366
I accept! 367
Good. Then pour the wine. 368
Inhale this, but do not touch. 369
I smell nothing. 370
What you do not smell
is called iocane powder. 371
It is odorless, tasteless,
dissolves instantly in liquid, 372
and is among the more deadlier poisons
known to man. 373
All right: where is the poison?
The battle of wits has begun. 374
It ends when you decide
and we both drink, 375
and find out who is right
and who is dead. 376
But it's so simple.
All I have to do is divine 377
from what I know of you.
Are you the sort of man 378
who would put the poison
into his own goblet, or his enemy's? 379
Now, a clever man would put the poison
into his own goblet, 380
because he would know that only a great fool
would reach for what he was given. 381
I'm not a great fool, 382
so I can clearly not choose
the wine in front of you. 383
But you must have known I was not a great fool.
you would have counted on it, 384
so I can clearly not choose
the wine in front of me. 385
- You've made your decision then?
- Not remotely. 386
Because iocane comes from Australia,
as everyone knows. 387
And Australia is entirely
peopled with criminals. 388
And criminals are used
to having people not trust them, 389
as you are not trusted by me. 390
So I can clearly not choose
the wine in front of you. 391
Truly, you have a dizzying intellect. 392
Wait till I get going!
Where was I? 393
- Australia.
- Yes, Australia. 394
And you must have suspected
I would have known the powder's origin, 395
so I can clearly not choose
the wine in front of me. 396
- You're just stalling now.
- You'd like to think that, wouldn't you? 397
You've beaten my giant,
which means you're exceptionally strong. 398
So, you could have put the poison
in your own goblet, 399
trusting on your strength to save you. 400
So I can clearly not choose
the wine in front of you.
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