Blakes 71978

Gunn-Sar:
What's the tally of challenges?

Cato:
Twenty-five dead and one missing, sir.

Gunn-Sar:
Oh, come on, Cato. Don't quibble. Marquin fell backwards off the cliff.

Cato:
Yes, sir.

Gunn-Sar:
So he's dead. Like, you can't say someone's missing as such. Not when they've taken a dive into a bottomless gorge.

Cato:
No sir.

Gunn-Sar:
So, it's twenty-six dead.

Cato:
The council ruled it was twenty-five, sir, and one missing.

Gunn-Sar:
[unperturbed] Twenty-five men lie dead who tried to stand against me. And one, if he's not still falling, is no more than a greasy spot on the rocks, right?