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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Raven Crowking" data-source="post: 2157777" data-attributes="member: 18280">The large rat stopped, nearly sitting on his haunches.  "So, the miller has finally found a cat equal to his rats," it said.  Then it added, as an afterthought, "Perhaps equal.  How to know, eh?""It spoke!" the second rat squeaked."Indeed, my dear, it did.  Maldordo, you say?  Well, Maldordo, if you be here for revenge against the cats we've killed in the past, I swear that none spoke a word before dying.  If they were favored by the Lord of Cats, I never knew it.  And, it's often kill or be killed where cats are involved, you know."The rat paused, as though considering.  The other rat moved out from behind him, walking in a slow arc that would eventually flank Maldordo."If you be here on account of the kids the miller sacrificed this winter past, well, I'll admit that I had my fill indeed, but you cannot blame a rat for being a rat, as the saying goes.  The dead are dead, and no one's any better for letting a tasty tidbit go to waste."</blockquote>