Marco Polo2014

Kublai Khan:
It's the cocoon that gives the silk. Comes out like sweet milk, then hardens. Ugly worm turns into an ugly moth, but leaves such treasure behind. Then some child somewhere crushes the moth, but the silk is still mine. The worm, the silk, the child, all mine. You will be spared. Your father and uncle will be sentenced. Artful color will not alter their character.

Marco Polo:
What is their punishment?

Kublai Khan:
It is on this that I dwell.