- Slythius: [mumbling over a bowl with ash in it]
- King Zad: Oh, enough! Why haven't they found the tiger yet?
- Slythius: The tiger is dead, just as the beastmaster is dead.
- King Zad: The beastmaster is dead?
- Slythius: But not dead.
- King Zad: Don't give me riddles or you'll be dead and there'll be no riddle about that!