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		   illiterate.  Therefore, since it's inconceivable, it must be irregardless of 
  
    
      
        
  
  
        
        
 
          
          
            
              
              
                
                   
	
		   the suchness of such. For all speech be but a 
  
    
      
        
  
  
        
        
 
          
          
            
              
              
                
                    
                
                
              
            
             ..." and having lulled them with his crazy babbling, Conan tossed 
  
    
      
        
  
  
        
        
 
          
          
            
              
              
                
                   
	
		   a hand grenade into the hold of the nearest ship 
  
    
      
        
  
  
        
        
 
          
          
            
              
              
                
                   
	
		   ; its cargo of black lotus exploded and spewed forth noxious 
  
    
      
        
  
  
        
        
 
          
          
            
              
              
                
                   
	
		   smoke that made Sonja feel excited and tingly all over 
  
    
      
        
  
  
        
        
 
          
          
            
              
              
                
                   
	
		   then she fell asleep cuz that's what black lotus does. 
  
    
      
        
  
  
        
        
 
          
          
            
              
              
                
                   
	
		   She awakened buried in snow. "I must be in Canada!" 
  
    
      
        
  
  
        
        
 
          
          
            
              
              
                
                    
                
                
              
            
             "Actually, " said Conan, "there was this ice fortress I demolished...." 
  
 
  
    
      
        
  
  
        
        
 
          
          
            
              
              
                
                   
	
		   "... in Iceland. I stabbed a martini-drinker through his invisible car, 
  
    
      
        
  
  
        
        
 
          
          
            
              
              
                
                   
	
		   um, I mean chariot, before snapping his neck like a 
  
    
      
        
  
  
        
        
 
          
          
            
              
              
                
                   
	
		   shish-kebob stick. Conan drank deeply of the 
  
    
      
        
  
  
        
        
 
          
          
            
              
              
                
                   
	
		   sweet nectar of the gods, otherwise known as a bottle 
  
    
      
        
  
  
        
        
 
          
          
            
              
              
                
                   
	
		   of bull's blood, and uncouthly wiped his mouth on the 
  
    
      
        
  
  
        
        
 
          
          
            
              
              
                
                   
	
		   unfortunate pencilneck's toupee. "Thus fare weaklings when they try to 
  
    
      
        
  
  
        
        
 
          
          
            
              
              
                
                   
	
		   imitate Arnold while I'm around," commented the Cimmerian 
  
    
      
        
  
  
        
        
 
          
          
            
              
              
                
                   
	
		   "Governator indeed! Is he the King of Aquilonia? I am 
  
    
      
        
  
  
        
        
 
          
          
            
              
              
                
                   
	
		   stronger than him!  He thinks that he's cool because he 
  
    
      
        
  
  
        
        
 
          
          
            
              
              
                
                    
                
                
              
            
             wears dark goggles and speaks with an outlandish accent.  Sonja 
  
    
      
        
  
  
        
        
 
          
          
            
              
              
                
                   
	
		   , am I not right? This character is little more than 
  
    
      
        
  
  
        
        
 
          
          
            
              
              
                
                   
	
		   a puppet dancing on the strings held by some mad 
  
    
      
        
  
  
        
        
 
          
          
            
              
              
                
                   
	
		   Set worshiping weakling sorcerer some from Scythia. "Lo, 
  
    
      
        
  
  
        
        
 
          
          
            
              
              
                
                   
	
		   Conan," replied Sonja. "Meseems thou hast more muscle than brain. 
  
    
      
        
  
  
        
        
 
          
          
            
              
              
                
                   
	
		   "You brazen sl*t!" Conan replied, slapping her ass. 
  
    
      
        
  
  
        
        
 
          
          
            
              
              
                
                   
	
		   "Thou starts a thing thou cannot finish!" she cried, grinning. 
  
    
      
        
  
  
        
        
 
          
          
            
              
              
                
                    
                
                
              
            
             <Assume a censored scene with casualties of thousands occured next.> 
  
    
      
        
  
  
        
        
 
          
          
            
              
              
                
                   
	
		   "By Crom, look at that", Conan said, picking up a 
  
    
      
        
  
  
        
        
 
          
          
            
              
              
                
                   
	
		   rubber object best left undescribed, some time later. "We didn't 
  
    
      
        
  
  
        
        
 
          
          
            
              
              
                
                   
	
		   slay the rubber golem, we have just cut off his 
  
    
      
        
  
  
        
        
 
          
          
            
              
              
                
                   
	
		   mightiest appendage: one which, should it fall into Thoth-Amon's hands, 
  
    
      
        
  
  
        
        
 
          
          
            
              
              
                
                   
	
		   and if dexterously manipulated, would unleash a mighty wave of 
  
    
      
        
  
  
        
        
 
          
          
            
              
              
                
                   
	
		   candiru, the foul, dread parasite-fish that swarm the Kushite 
  
    
      
        
  
  
        
        
 
          
          
            
              
              
                
                   
	
		   mangrove swamps, where they feed upon the flesh of the 
  
    
      
        
  
  
        
        
 
          
          
            
              
              
                
                   
	
		   urethras of men." Sonja shuddered, recoiling from the object. But 
  
    
      
        
  
  
        
        
 
          
          
            
              
              
                
                   
	
		   , recognising that it must be kept away from the sorcerer-king, 
  
    
      
        
  
  
        
        
 
          
          
            
              
              
                
                   
	
		   lest he use it on the innocent, causing them to 
  
    
      
        
  
  
        
        
 
          
          
            
              
              
                
                   
	
		   strangle each other with whale urethrae. What a 
  
    
      
        
  
  
        
        
 
          
          
            
              
              
                
                   
	
		   time for this to come up, thought Conan, who would 
  
    
      
        
  
  
        
        
 
          
          
            
              
              
                
                   
	
		   not have touched a whale penis had it not been 
  
    
      
        
  
  
        
        
 
          
          
            
              
              
                
                   
	
		   for that one night on the beach with that one 
  
    
      
        
  
  
        
        
 
          
          
            
              
              
                
                   
	
		   , although his disgust extended not to orcas, as he proved 
  
    
      
        
  
  
        
        
 
          
          
            
              
              
                
                   
	
		   while... GAAAAAK! "Conan has slain many bards" Conan snarled. 
  
    
      
        
  
  
        
        
 
          
          
            
              
              
                
                   
	
		   So go down to red ruin all who prattle gossip! 
  
    
      
        
  
  
        
        
 
          
          
            
              
              
                
                   
	
		   Now, let us hide this thing in a place Toth-Amon 
  
    
      
        
  
  
        
        
 
          
          
            
              
              
                
                   
	
		   knows lies in Stygian darkness, where no Shemite sun shines... 
  
    
      
        
  
  
        
        
 
          
          
            
              
              
                
                   
	
		   a place even that wicked wizard fears to tread, for 
  
    
      
        
  
  
        
        
 
          
          
            
              
              
                
                   
	
		   it is a place most unholy, with terrible storms and 
  
    
      
        
  
  
        
        
 
          
          
            
              
              
                
                   
	
		   not a single scantily clad big breasted woman in sight 
  
    
      
        
  
  
        
        
 
          
          
            
              
              
                
                   
	
		   . "Where lies this place?" asked Sonja. 
Conan grimaced. "Up my
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