“Prithee pay heed, the first-most rule regarding the monster is thee must nevermore speak of meeting the monster.” The stranger continued to speak thusly in the stilted, archaic parlance of his forebearers a century ere. “The second-most rule regarding the monster is thee must nevermore speak of meeting the monster.”
Chuck, really? *Later I realized there's a reason for the parallel but at this point hadn't caught on yet.*

