DEM 3

"You've rejected your last manuscript, Evil Editor," Minion 29,542 said.

"Could you loosen the ropes a little?" EE replied. "I have sensitive wrists from typing so many rejection slips."

"No. You'll suffer like everyone you've ever come in contact with. And don't expect a last-minute rescue from Mrs. V. or one of your ridiculous deus ex machinas. As you see, there's nothing in this room except the thousands of impersonal rejection slips you've sent me over the years, which I'm going to stuff down