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[Iago doesn't seem well.There are dark circles under his eyes, since he hasn't slept since the night before the flood started. Paranoia isn't a good look for him. Especially this sort of paranoia, which is the same kind he was inflicting on Othello for so long. The paranoia that he's being betrayed behind the scenes. It's been getting worse since the start of the flood. Things aren't so funny anymore.]
It's a cycle. All of this. A cycle.
A wheel. [He gives a manic little chuckle.] What, then, do we believe ourselves capable of? What, then, do we believe we can achieve with so little work? To escape this cycle of betrayal? [He says that word with more than a hint of bitterness.]
I should have known. It always comes to this.
Why are you here, inmates? Why do you play by their rules? You know that you cannot trust anyone.
It's a cycle. All of this. A cycle.
A wheel. [He gives a manic little chuckle.] What, then, do we believe ourselves capable of? What, then, do we believe we can achieve with so little work? To escape this cycle of betrayal? [He says that word with more than a hint of bitterness.]
I should have known. It always comes to this.
Why are you here, inmates? Why do you play by their rules? You know that you cannot trust anyone.