"You can't blame me for this little ploy... You see, I only want to live! I can't die! I'm a great sorceress!

"You can't blame me for this little ploy... You see, I only want to live! I can't die! I'm a great sorceress! If I perished – then the world would lose my intellect! Come, don't be stingy! You have so many soldiers, and each looks more oafish than the last! Order the most useless one to take my place! Don't let my genius die!"