If I went ’round sayin’ I was Emperor, just because some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me, they’d put me away!

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• I am your king!
• Is there someone else up there we could talk to?
• On second thought Camelot's a silly place.
• On second thought , let’s not go to Camelot. ‘Tis a silly place.
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