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Aye, you have my king, and we love you for it!
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But by Zeus, too many have died!
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You have no children, Alexander.
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And we are just humble men,
we seek no disturbance with the gods,
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All we wish for, is to see our children,
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And our wives and our grandchildren one last time,
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Before we join our brothers in the dark house they call Hades.
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Yes, you are right, Crateros.
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I have been negligent.
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I should have sent you veterans home sooner,
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..and I will. The first of you shall be the silver shields,
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And then every man who's served seven years,
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With full pensions from our treasury,
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Respected! Rich! Loved!
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You'll be treated by your wives and children
as heroes for the rest of your lives.
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And enjoy a peaceful death,
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But you dream, Crateros.
:31:06
Your simplicity, long ended when you took
Persian mistresses and children.
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How you thickened your holdings with plunder and jewels.
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Because you've fallen in love with all
the things in life that destroy men.
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Do you not see?
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And you, as well as I, know,
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that as the years decline, and the memories stale,
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And all your great victories fade,
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It will always be remembered, you left your king in Asia!
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For I will go on with my Asians!
:31:47
To the jackals with ya then, Alexander!
:31:50
We comfort you, and you disspirit us!
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We're tired of glory!
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We want to see our wives and children before we die!