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And now, on with the show. Oh. Oh! Ah! I'm going to a Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,

oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,

Oh, oh, oh, There was once an old king in far away time and place. He made his dwelling in arid and high desert land, but his

realm was vast and covered much of the known world during his time. He was a powerful king,

driven by an indomitable spirit for conquering.

Despite thousands of miles in all directions belonging to him and answering to him alone, still

did not seem to be enough. What's more, the supposed lack of land to represent

his kingship over the world, only the entire world itself would have been enough, caused

him to consider other ways wherein he might exercise lordship.

He made monuments of himself, idols of the self-proclaimed God King, that he made his people

venerate with every external symbol he could conceive of.

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