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[ the following is dictated, and you can hear the occasional splash in the background. joshua's sitting on a tree branch and throwing some rocks he gathered into the swamp ]It happened once upon a time that a certain Greek ship bound for Athens was wrecked off the coast close to Piraeus, the port of Athens. Had it not been for the Dolphins, who at

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[disillusory]

... Understandably so.

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It's just the sort of treatment liars get.

[disillusory]

Liars, perhaps, but more so the actions of the monkey itself. Such an ineffectual display of deceit attests to the dolphin's choice in the end.

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So it was a fitting end?

[disillusory]

For a creature of inferiority, yes.

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What makes the dolphin superior?

[disillusory]

The power to discern the lie. The power to mete out justice.

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Justice is subjective.

[disillusory]

Only a fool would argue otherwise.

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How many fools do you know?

[disillusory]

I strive to keep better company than that.

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Sometimes those types of people just find you, though. [ see...above ]

[disillusory]

Take what you can from them and think nothing more of it. Their interests will subside from there.

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The diversity can make life funny, though.

[disillusory]

You are fortunate to have time and patience enough for such frivolities.

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Do we have anything but time here?