“And yet, you continue to lie, as if lying were some intrinsic part of your nature, one that you simply lack the power to avoid. This also supports what our Honored Guest has said about you. He tells us that a species such as yours, utterly lacking in natural weapons, must by necessity live by subterfuge and deceit in order to survive. He tells us that these tactics must be bred into you by a million generations of evolution, and that holding these things against you would be no more reasonable than holding you accountable for your physical appearance. So we will speak no more of it. Instead,
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