"Really? I seem to recall that I restrained myself admirably last time, for considerably longer than thirty seconds, and I would still have been returned to my shelf." The return would have been worse, as his only visitor was dead. "So I took steps. I admit my steps involved quite a bit less hammering and bellowing than yours would have, but I don't believe you'd have allowed yourself to be thrown in a hole forever either if you'd been in my place."
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