Pallis: I’m sure that she would care to hear your acumen. As to how your presence is the reason she is sick. But I suppose it’s in vain, since her life is ending…when I thrust this blade into her heart-a-thumping!
Adakias: BROTHER NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Adakias:
Look at that which surrounds me. I’m supposed to call this home.
The dark has become so overwhelming. So why don’t I just go?
Everyone else: WhY cAn’T yOu Be MoRe LiKe YoUr BrOtHeR!?

Casanovas have charmed with chiffons so Chichi
chased her with their conceited coteries
Maharajahs have magniloquently mouthed
Their love for me through their menageries
She’s been propositioned
Propounded by every pompous prince
Given panniers of peerless pears
And plums, polished
I’ve been seduced with shimmering, sparkling stones
Squired by suitors to sizable chateaus
And I’m the one she chose!






