He reads the sinner's proposal to summon seven more grafters as a tactical lie that exploits the demons' appetite for more victims.
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Trick
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "Remaining in this very spot, I shall, although alone, make seven more appear when I have whistled, as has been our custom when one..."
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"Remaining in this very spot, I shall, although alone, make seven more appear when I have whistled, as has been our custom when one..."
"...sinner's like, no, no, no, if you leave me alone, I'll trick seven more to appear before you. Everyone's in hiding, so if you..."
"...snout and shook his head and said, Just listen to that trick by which he thinks he can dive back. To this, he who..."
"...then, exhausted, thwarted, flies back up. But Calcabrino, raging at the trick, flew after Alcino. He was keen to see the sinner free and..."
"...and we are within god does that make sense that's a trick to understand that we are it's hard to draw because both are..."
"...being sneaky about it too right he was like i'm gonna trick him and like but were you surprised right so this is actually..."
"...an illusion and a delusion an illusion is like a magic trick and your mind's like oh that's not real but you know it's..."
"...real life okay all right um yes because by uh by trick by trickling virgil you basically mocking god no no no no i'm..."
"...he's so arrogant he's so full of himself it's easier to trick arrogant people than this trick humble people okay does that make sense"
"...don't do evil you should be careful right like we won't trick you okay we mean you no harm that's probably a sign you..."
"Okay, all right. So this sinner, he tricks the demons, right? Says like, you know, if you leave me alone for a few seconds,..."
"...And then the sinner says, then I must have too many tricks if I bring greater torment to my friends. Is this a lie?..."
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