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-->'''Antony''': ''[beaten] Fine''. Do as you like!

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-->'''Antony''': ''[beaten] Fine''.Fine, fine''. Do as you like!
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-->'''Antony:''' ''[baffled]'' On Juno's... CUNT!

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-->'''Antony:''' ''[baffled]'' On Oh Juno's... CUNT!
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* Dark example, when [[TheSociopath Octavius]] ([[EnfantTerrible age about 14]]) takes over Pullo's interrogation and torture of Evander.

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* Dark example, when [[TheSociopath Octavius]] Octavian]] ([[EnfantTerrible age about 14]]) takes over Pullo's interrogation and torture of Evander.
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* Antony is given a strict budget to recover Caesar's eagle. Half a talent. When he debriefs Vorenus on the mission, Antony steals half of it without a second thought, and meassures the weight of the money bag with his hand to make sure he's being rapacious enough.

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* Antony is given a strict budget to recover Caesar's eagle. Half a talent. When he debriefs briefs Vorenus on the mission, Antony steals half of it without a second thought, and meassures the weight of the money bag with his hand to make sure he's being rapacious enough.
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* It's a recurrent line of his, but Antony's expression and delivery when Octavian confirms that he's already borrowed three million sestertii to give to plebs makes that particular instance stand out.

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* It's a recurrent line of his, but Antony's expression and delivery when Octavian confirms that he's already borrowed three million sestertii to give to plebs makes that particular the following instance stand out.out:
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-->'''Antony:''' [baffled] On Juno's... CUNT!

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-->'''Antony:''' [baffled] ''[baffled]'' On Juno's... CUNT!

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* There's something primally amusing about Vorenus reducing the statuette of Concord to woodchip and then verbally dissing her.
-->'''Vorenus:''' I am a son of Hades! I fuck Concord in her arse!
* It's a recurrent line of his, but Antony's expression and delivery when Octavian confirms that he's already borrowed three million sestertii to give to plebs makes that particular instance stand out.
-->'''Antony:''' [baffled] On Juno's... CUNT!
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-->'''Cicero''': ''[moving to leave]'' [[BlantantLies A pleasure as always]].

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-->'''Cicero''': ''[moving to leave]'' [[BlantantLies [[BlatantLies A pleasure as always]].

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-->'''Cicero''': ''[inspecting the paper]'' It appears to be a list of [[ArmyOfThievesAndWhores every dishonest rascal in the city]].
-->'''Antony''': Very droll. It is a list of next year's election candidates drawn up by our beloved Caesar just before he was taken from us. Posca found it amongst his papers.
-->'''Cicero''': Oh, ''another'' lucky find? [[ForgingTheWill You are prodigious, Posca]].
-->'''Antony''': I want ''your'' endorsement of the names. For the sake of unity, amity, etc, etc.
-->'''Cicero''': Isn't that just a little ''too'' brazen? Who would believe Caesar chose such wretches?
-->'''Antony''': Surely you don't think these men paid me to put their names on the list?
-->'''Cicero''': Not at all...I expect they paid ''Posca''.
-->'''Antony''': So? What's the problem?
-->'''Cicero''': My endorsement will be worthless. People will merely assume I've been intimidated by you.
-->'''Antony''': Are you not intimidated?
-->'''Cicero''': [[ImNotAfraidOfYou Not especially]]. [[RefugeInAudacity At present you cannot afford to kill me; you need me to run the Senate]].
-->'''Antony''': ''Today'' I need you. ''Tomorrow''...
-->'''Cicero''': Then tomorrow I shall worry. Today, [[BullyingADragon Today, I suggest you let me strike the worst scoundrels off this list, ''then'' I will endorse it]].
-->'''Antony''': ''[beaten] Fine''. Do as you like!
-->'''Cicero''': ''[moving to leave]'' [[BlantantLies A pleasure as always]].

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* Cicero could win a gold medal in SnarkToSnarkCombat. Consider the below exchange between himself and Mark Antony at Antony's office.
-->'''Mark Antony''': Why are you here?
-->'''Cicero''': ''You'' sent for me.
-->'''Antony''': Oh yes, that. Show him. ''[Posca hands Cicero a roll of paper]''

* Mark Antony and Posca counting the cost of losing the Battle of Mutina to Octavian
-->'''Mark Antony''': How many dead, all told?
-->'''Centurion''': 8000, give or take, sir.
-->'''Posca''': ''Eight thousand''?!
-->'''Mark Antony''': Oh do cheer up! ''You're'' still alive, aren't you?!
-->'''Posca''': I do hope so! If this is the afterlife, it is ''extremely'' disappointing!




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* On the other side of the battlefield, you have Brutus and Cassius engaging in some CasualDangerDialog as Brutus remembers that the date is Cassius's birthday and Cassius snarkily accepts his apology for forgetting the cake, making Brutus promise to make him an extra large one next year.

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--->Fine, fine. Merula, fetch that German slut from the kitchen.

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--->Fine, fine. Merula, fetch that German slut from the kitchen. ''[addressing the slaves fixing up her funeral attire]'' And get it right, or you'll be ''next'' for the King of Goats there!
** And this exchange between the two just beforehand:
-->'''Antony''': I've never fucked a woman in a funeral dress before.
-->'''Atia''': Nor shall you now.
-->'''Antony''': That's a shame. It'll have to be Merula then. ''[Merula starts in shock]'' Come here, old girl! Jump on!
-->'''Atia''': She'd eat you alive!
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* The news reader noticing no one's listening to him because of the curfew he just announced.

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* Vorenus, frustrated that he needs to go back to the army for money, took out his anger on a soldier for whistling.
-->"You're on duty!"
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* Atia and Octavia arguing over who will kill who when their house was under siege by Pompeii's men in episode 3.

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* Atia and Octavia arguing over who will kill who when their house was under siege by Pompeii's Pompey's men in episode 3.
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** While he and the madam are waiting for Octavian to finish his business, Pullo starts to hesitantly begins to ponder, "I don't suppose, seeing as I'm with the quality..." (meaning the upper class)

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** While he and the madam are waiting for Octavian to finish his business, Pullo starts to hesitantly begins to ponder, "I don't suppose, seeing as I'm with the quality..." (meaning the upper class)

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* Pullo goes to a high class brothel to find a girl for Octavian and is outraged by their prices. But while he and the madam are waiting for Octavian to finish his business, Pullo starts to hesitantly suggest that "as long as he's with the quality" (meaning the upper class):
-->'''Madam:''' (without looking up from her ledger) Not a chance!
** Also:

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* Atia arranges Pullo goes will be taking Octavian to a high class brothel to find a girl for Octavian and is outraged by their prices. But while he and the madam are waiting for Octavian to finish his business, Pullo starts to hesitantly suggest that "as long as he's with the quality" (meaning the upper class):
-->'''Madam:''' (without looking up from her ledger) Not a chance!
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** At first, Pullo is shooed away because it's not "an infantry fuckhole", and then he is outraged by their prices, "1000"
--->'''Pullo:''' Gerrae! I could have half the whores in Narbo for that, and their mothers.\\
'''Madam:''' We're not in ''Narbo'', whatever that might be.\\
'''Pullo:''' All right, my dove. We'll pay. But the girl better fuck him like Helen of Troy with her ass on fire, or I'll know the reason why.
** While he and the madam are waiting for Octavian to finish his business, Pullo starts to hesitantly begins to ponder, "I don't suppose, seeing as I'm with the quality..." (meaning the upper class)
--->'''Madam:''' (without looking up from her ledger) Not a chance!


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* Antony takes an assistant... a dwarf dressed in black and called Cato in mockery.
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* Antony is given a strict budget to recover Caesar's eagle. Half a talent. When he debriefs Vorenus on the mission, Antony steals half of it without a second though, and meassures the weight of the money bag with his hand to make sure he's being rapacious enough.

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* Antony is given a strict budget to recover Caesar's eagle. Half a talent. When he debriefs Vorenus on the mission, Antony steals half of it without a second though, thought, and meassures the weight of the money bag with his hand to make sure he's being rapacious enough.
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* Antony is given a strict budget to recover Caesar's eagle. Half a talent. When he debriefs Vorenus on the mission, Antony steals half of it without a second though, and meassures the weight of the money bag with his hand to make sure he's being rapacious enough.
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-->Also:

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-->Also:** Also:
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'''Vorenus:''' [[TemptingFate Why can't you learn to keep your fat mouth shut?!]]\\

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'''Vorenus:''' [[TemptingFate Why can't you learn to keep your fat mouth shut?!]]\\shut?!]]

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-->'''Vorenus''': This can only mean that the Republic has fallen!
-->'''Pullo''': And yet, the sky is still above us and the earth still below. Strange.
-->'''Vorenus''': If Mars were watching, he would never allow such dishonor.
-->'''Pullo''': Maybe he was having a crap and missed it.

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-->'''Vorenus''': This can only mean that It makes no sense. We should have been stopped by now. Why is Rome not defended?\\
'''Pullo''': Our boys scared 'em off, eh?\\
'''Vorenus''': Soldiers of
the Republic has fallen!
-->'''Pullo''': And yet,
do not run! So it must be a stratagem. A trick.\\
'''Pullo''': It's a ''good'' trick.\\
'''Vorenus''': Unless
the sky is still above us and the earth still below. Strange.
-->'''Vorenus''':
Gods have abandoned Rome. If Mars were watching, he would never not allow such dishonor.
-->'''Pullo''':
a disgrace!\\
'''Pullo''':
Maybe he was having havin' a crap and missed it.
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-->'''Agrippa''': I would follow you to Hades, [[FateWorseThanDeath to Britain even]], if I thought we had the right.

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-->'''Agrippa''': I would follow you to Hades, [[FateWorseThanDeath [[PlaceWorseThanDeath to Britain even]], if I thought we had the right.
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* Mark Antony's really shines and enjoys himself when his hour comes:

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* Mark Antony's Antony really shines and enjoys himself when his hour comes:

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* Mark Antony's rather strong pronouncement that he wants to stay in bed...
-->I'm not rising from this bed until I fuck someone.

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* Mark Antony's really shines and enjoys himself when his hour comes:
** His
rather strong pronouncement that he wants to stay in bed...
-->I'm --->I'm not rising from this bed until I fuck someone.



-->Fine, fine. Merula, fetch that German slut from the kitchen.
* After Servilia's [[spoiler: suicide]]:
-->'''Mark Antony:''' Now ''that'' is an exit.

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-->Fine, --->Fine, fine. Merula, fetch that German slut from the kitchen.
* ** After his rabble rousing speech:
--->'''Cassius''': Our men at arms have secured the city. We've received representatives from all the best elements. The senate is with us, the knights are with us.\\
'''Brutus:''' The pontiffs, the urban cohorts, the lictors guild...\\
'''Antony:''' Oh, the lictors guild, very good. Only rally the bakers and the flute players and you can put on a festival

--->'''Servilia:''' Do not look so pleased with yourself. You’re a liar and a breaker of oaths, and you’ve roused your rabble, nothing more. A pantomime actor might have done what you did today.\\
'''Antony:''' Lucky then it was me that did it, eh? Else you would now be on your knees sucking pantomime cock.
**
After Servilia's [[spoiler: suicide]]:
-->'''Mark --->'''Mark Antony:''' Now ''that'' is an exit.
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'''Pompey:''' Perhaps you would have us climb a tree! ''(the whole Senate laughs)

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'''Pompey:''' Perhaps you would have us climb a tree! ''(the whole Senate laughs)laughs)''

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!!Season I




* Mark Antony's rather strong pronouncement that he wants to stay in bed...
-->I'm not rising from this bed until I fuck someone.
** Mirrored by Atia's "fine fine" answer:
-->Fine, fine. Merula, fetch that German slut from the kitchen.

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* Mark Antony's rather strong pronouncement that he wants Pompey has one of his best moments by spoofing Cicero's AnimalMotifs.
-->'''Cicero:''' When confronted by a hungry wolf, it is unwise
to stay in bed...
-->I'm not rising from this bed until I fuck someone.
** Mirrored by Atia's "fine fine" answer:
-->Fine, fine. Merula, fetch that German slut from
goad the kitchen.beast, as Cato would have us do. But it is equally unwise to imagine the snarling animal a friend and offer your hand as Pompey does.\\
'''Pompey:''' Perhaps you would have us climb a tree! ''(the whole Senate laughs)



* After Servilia's [[spoiler: suicide]]:
-->'''Mark Antony:''' Now ''that'' is an exit.



* Agrippa taking a drunk and high Octavia home only to be confronted by her mother as he's trying to get away.
-->'''Octavia''': I was at an orgy, mother.
-->'''Agrippa''': ''Early'' stages! Early stages of an orgy. The Bacchcic rituals had not yet begun.



* During the Battle of Philippi, Octavian is peering into the dust kicked up by two virtually identical Roman armies slogging it out hand-to-hand.
-->'''Octavian:''' What's going on?
-->'''Antony:''' ''(casually munching on some bread)'' Noooo idea.



* Atia and Octavia are kept waiting outside Cleopatra's palace in the heat in formal Roman dress, unaware that Marc Antony and Cleopatra are arguing over whether or not to kill them. They're relieved when the doors finally open, only for Jocasta to [[GoingNative emerge in Egyptian dress]] and start cheerfully gossiping to her old friend Octavia who just gapes in astonishment. Then an embarrassed Posca runs out and physically hauls Jocasta back inside.
-->'''Atia:''' They've all gone insane, obviously!


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!!Season II

* Mark Antony's rather strong pronouncement that he wants to stay in bed...
-->I'm not rising from this bed until I fuck someone.
** Mirrored by Atia's "fine fine" answer:
-->Fine, fine. Merula, fetch that German slut from the kitchen.
* After Servilia's [[spoiler: suicide]]:
-->'''Mark Antony:''' Now ''that'' is an exit.
* Agrippa taking a drunk and high Octavia home only to be confronted by her mother as he's trying to get away.
-->'''Octavia''': I was at an orgy, mother.
-->'''Agrippa''': ''Early'' stages! Early stages of an orgy. The Bacchcic rituals had not yet begun.


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* Atia and Octavia are kept waiting outside Cleopatra's palace in the heat in formal Roman dress, unaware that Marc Antony and Cleopatra are arguing over whether or not to kill them. They're relieved when the doors finally open, only for Jocasta to [[GoingNative emerge in Egyptian dress]] and start cheerfully gossiping to her old friend Octavia who just gapes in astonishment. Then an embarrassed Posca runs out and physically hauls Jocasta back inside.
-->'''Atia:''' They've all gone insane, obviously!
* During the Battle of Philippi, Octavian is peering into the dust kicked up by two virtually identical Roman armies slogging it out hand-to-hand.
-->'''Octavian:''' What's going on?
-->'''Antony:''' ''(casually munching on some bread)'' Noooo idea.

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-->'''Octavian''' ''(businesslike):'' Cut off his thumbs.
-->'''Pullo''' ''(half admiring, half appalled):'' Juno's cunt, but you're salty! And I was worried about bringing ''you'' here!

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-->'''Octavian''' ''(businesslike):'' Cut off his thumbs.
-->'''Octavian''': We need to hear the truth. If you persist in lying to us, we'll torture you. You'll die only after many hours of agony and horror. You give us honesty now, and you'll go swiftly, painlessly. ''(Evander won't confess)'' Torture him.
-->'''Pullo''' ''(half admiring, half appalled):'' appalled)'': Juno's cunt, but you're salty! And I ''I'' was worried about bringing ''you'' here!''you''!
-->'''Octavian''': Go on, then.
-->'''Pullo''' ''(Hesitating''): I've never actually tortured anyone. I don't know how.
-->'''Octavian''': You don't know how?
-->'''Pullo''': They[[note]]the Legions[[/note]] [[TortureTechnician have specialists!]]
-->'''Octavian''' ''businesslike'': Why not cut off his thumbs?
-->'''Pullo''': That's good enough.






* Agrippa taking Octavia home.

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* Agrippa taking a drunk and high Octavia home.home only to be confronted by her mother as he's trying to get away.



-->'''Agrippa''': ''Early'' stages of an orgy. The Bacchcic rituals had not yet begun.
* An irritated Octavia mocking the way her own mother moans during sex. Antony (the one who induced the sounds) [[ActuallyPrettyFunny can't help but praise the reenactment]]: "She has you exactly."

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-->'''Agrippa''': ''Early'' stages! Early stages of an orgy. The Bacchcic rituals had not yet begun.
* An irritated Octavia mocking the way her own mother moans during sex. Antony (the one who induced the sounds) [[ActuallyPrettyFunny can't help but praise the reenactment]]: "She has you exactly.exact."



* Pullo's first meeting with Cleopatra pretty much shows ''exactly'' what he's about. He bursts into her tent, saving her and her slave from an assassin, and then keeps stabbing the guy about twenty times while looking around the room and slowly realizing that: a) the guy is very dead ''and'' b) here be womenfolk

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* Pullo's first meeting with Cleopatra pretty much shows ''exactly'' what he's about. He bursts into her tent, saving her and her slave from an assassin, and then keeps stabbing the guy about twenty times while looking around the room and slowly realizing that: a) the guy is very dead ''and'' b) here be womenfolkwomenfolk.

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* Pullo's first meeting with Cleopatra pretty much shows ''exactly'' what he's about. He bursts into her tent, saving her and her slave from an assassin, and then keeps stabbing the guy about twenty times while looking around the room and slowly realizing that
--> a) the guy is very dead
-->''and''
--> b) here be womenfolk
-->His stabs slooowly peter off as he looks around and then he grins up at the '''''Queen of Egypt'''''

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* Pullo's first meeting with Cleopatra pretty much shows ''exactly'' what he's about. He bursts into her tent, saving her and her slave from an assassin, and then keeps stabbing the guy about twenty times while looking around the room and slowly realizing that
-->
that: a) the guy is very dead
-->''and''
-->
dead ''and'' b) here be womenfolk
-->His stabs slooowly peter off as he looks around and then he grins up at the '''''Queen of Egypt''''''''''Cleo-fricking-patra'''''
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-->His stabs slooowly peter off as he looks around and then he grins up at the '''/''Queen of Egypt''/'''

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-->His stabs slooowly peter off as he looks around and then he grins up at the '''/''Queen '''''Queen of Egypt''/'''Egypt'''''



-->'''Vorenus:''' "Report to Princess Cleopatra and do whatever she tells you to."
* One extremely vigorous and noisy sex scene later...*
'''Pullo:''' Gods, that was something, let me tell you.
'''Vorenus:''' I don't want to hear about it. If you're wise, you'll [[LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain never speak of this again]].

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-->'''Vorenus:''' "Report to Princess Cleopatra and do whatever she tells you to."
* One
"\\
*One
extremely vigorous and noisy sex scene later...*
*\\
'''Pullo:''' Gods, that was something, let me tell you.
you.\\
'''Vorenus:''' I don't want to hear about it. If you're wise, you'll [[LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain never speak of this again]].\\
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-->His stabs slooowly peter off as he looks around and then he grins up at the '''Queen of Egypt'''

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-->His stabs slooowly peter off as he looks around and then he grins up at the '''Queen '''/''Queen of Egypt'''Egypt''/'''



-->'''Vorenus:''' "Report to Princess Cleopatra and do whatever she tells you to."\\
* One extremely vigorous and noisy sex scene later...*\\
'''Pullo:''' Gods, that was something, let me tell you.\\
'''Vorenus:''' I don't want to hear about it. If you're wise, you'll [[LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain never speak of this again]].\\

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-->'''Vorenus:''' "Report to Princess Cleopatra and do whatever she tells you to."\\
"
* One extremely vigorous and noisy sex scene later...*\\
*
'''Pullo:''' Gods, that was something, let me tell you.\\
you.
'''Vorenus:''' I don't want to hear about it. If you're wise, you'll [[LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain never speak of this again]].\\

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