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The thing about a diversion is that it has to be diverting.

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"I know what dissipate means, Arty. I'm not three, for heaven's sake.
"Hey, bodyguard. You better get down to the gymnasium. This jumbo pixie guy is killing your sister." "Really?" said Butler, unconvinced. "Really. Julie...
"Naturally, we lunatics are the kindest of the bunch.
"Time to do what he did best - plot dastardly acts.
"... even one centimetre can make an awful lot of difference when you don't have many to spare.
"this was business.
"No one's ever really ready for a troll.
"It was no time for mercy, it was time to terminate with extreme prejudice.
"Shut up, Julius! I mean, quiet a moment, Commander.
"Knock yourself out... Or rather, don't.
"I don't suppose you would consider peaceful surrender?
"Tonight, history was going to be made. And it wasn't the discovery-of-radium, first-man-on-the-moon happy kind of history. It was the Spanish-Inquisit...
"Doobie always wanted to see the badge. It was shiny, and he was eight.