1. I see it...
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2. For I perceived God's light about him
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3. Both wax and fire
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4. Oh. Hail and well met, Jeoffry.
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5. Have you been fighting again?
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6. Such a bold gentleman you are.
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7. Yes, of course.
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8. But what am I to do
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9. when God asks of me
to translate the one true poem
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10. that unfolds the universe?
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11. Still, I'm glad of your companionship.
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12. Without you, I fear the devil
would have claimed me long ago.
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13. Hello, Jeoffry.
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14. I understand
you've been giving my imps some trouble.
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15. What do you have to say for yourself? Hm?
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16. Back, Satan!
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17. This is my place, mine!
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18. Well, is anything really ours?
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19. Come, Jeoffry. I have a proposition.
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20. Will you walk with me?
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21. There will be treats.
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22. Hm.
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23. Let's get the formalities over with, eh?
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24. Yea, I will give you this
and all the kingdoms of the Earth
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25. if you will bow down and worship me.
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26. No.
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27. It is you who should bow down to Jeoffry.
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28. Yes, I suspected as much.
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29. You bear the sin of pride, cat.
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30. A sin I am particularly fond of.
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31. And you said there would be treats.
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32. Catnip fresh from the soil,
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33. salted ham from the market,
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34. fish heads with the eyes still in them.
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35. Mm. Scrumptiously poppable.
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36. But first we must make a deal, Jeoffry.
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37. I have need of your poet,
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38. and I want you to stand aside
and not interfere.
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39. Oh no, no, no.
He's mine. The favorite of my pets.
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40. Now, now, Jeoffry, you must understand
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41. that there are many claims on him.
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42. The man is like a ruined estate
overrun with creditors.
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43. He owes the tyrant of heaven,
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44. his family and friends,
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45. and me for his youthful debaucheries
and such.
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46. But I would forgive my debt
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47. - if your "pet" would but write me a poem.
- Put me down!
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48. Honestly, Jeoffry, the poems
he writes for himself are, mm...
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49. not very good.
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50. With my guidance,
he could write something magnificent.
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51. The poem of poems.
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52. Verse that would lay waste...
to all of creation.
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53. Do we have a deal, sir?
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54. What is it?
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55. No! No, no.
Please, Lord Lucifer, spare my cat.
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56. I'll do anything! I swear it.
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57. Very well.
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58. Capital, sir, capital.
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59. Oh, sir, sir,
you cannot rhyme love with dove.
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60. It is banal. I shall not allow it.
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61. Yeah, I like the first reference
to "An Essay on Man,"
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62. but the second makes you seem... derivative.
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63. All critics are Satan.
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64. But marvelous work, truly marvelous.
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65. I've made a few suggested edits
I'd like you to entertain,
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66. but I'm very pleased with your progress.
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67. If you could tidy these up,
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68. I'll be back for them tomorrow night,
and our business can be done.
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69. How now, Jeoffry?
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70. You look as though
a hound has chewed you up.
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71. Yes, well, that was no hound,
but Satan himself.
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72. How now, Jeoffry?
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73. You look worse for wear, mate.
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74. He fought the devil and lost, Tom.
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75. Of course he did.
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76. And now, Sir Jeoffry seeks the help
of a true fighting cat.
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77. It is not strength I seek,
sirrah, but counsel.
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78. Oh. Here it is.
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79. The Nighthunter Moppet.
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80. Hello, Mistress Polly. Hello, Master Tom.
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81. Hello, Master Jeoffry.
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82. - Hello, Miss Moppet.
- Is that milk?
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83. All right, come on now.
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84. Master Jeoffry has something to say.
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85. Attend to him, all of you.
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86. Last night, Satan came to this madhouse.
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87. He offered treats to lure me away
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88. so he could coerce my poet
into doing his bidding
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89. and, in so doing, take his immortal soul
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90. and destroy all of creation.
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91. Oh, that is a scurvy trick.
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92. Yes, indeed.
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93. And so, I...
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94. Well, I... I need your help.
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95. This is a strange business, Jeoffry.
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96. Very strange.
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97. But, uh, if you want my claws, sir,
they're yours for this fight.
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98. No!
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99. We cats are descended from the Angel Tiger
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100. who killed the Ichneumon-rat of Egypt.
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101. We are warriors of God,
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102. and as such, we can wound Satan,
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103. but we cannot kill him.
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104. To defeat Satan,
we must deny him that which he desires.
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105. The poem.
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106. A bloody poem? What does he want that for?
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107. I understand what must be done.
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108. We shall help you.
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109. We shall fight him!
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110. And, Jeoffry, you shall creep.
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111. Come, come, Master Smart. Hand it over.
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112. As the surgeon said,
"'Tis better to have it all out at once."
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113. Oi! Stand and deliver, you wanker!
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114. Oh, please.
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115. I've had quite enough of you damned cats.
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116. We'll have more than your stockings, sir.
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117. I'll have your hide, you bloody...
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118. Language.
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119. I won't be called a...
by anyone, let alone...
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120. a flea-bitten alley cat.
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121. Lay on then, sir!
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122. I am the Nighthunter Moppet!
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123. Get it off!
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124. We are descended from angels,
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125. and as such, we too can move
in the spaces between worlds.
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126. Stand down, vile kitten!
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127. I am Nighthunter Moppet!
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128. Back to hell with you, you fiend!
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129. You cannot win.
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130. Oppose me further, and die.
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131. Then we choose death!
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132. Nighthunter Moppet!
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133. Very well.
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134. Jeoffry!
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135. My poem!
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136. His soul was in that poem!
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137. Hm?
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138. Oh. Oh yes, so it was.
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139. Well, I shall keep it safe.
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140. And, uh, so much for your dominion
over the Earth as well.
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141. Now be gone, foul creature!
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142. You have scarred literature forever,
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143. you stupid cat!
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144. For I will consider my Cat Jeoffry
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145. For he counteracts the powers of darkness
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146. By his electrical skin and glaring eyes
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147. For he counteracts the Devil
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148. Who is death
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149. For he can creep
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