— My people offered you help. And in return, you brought upon them only ruin and death.
— When did Lake-town come to our aid but for the promise of rich reward?
— A bargain was struck!
— A bargain? What choice did we have but to barter our birthright for blankets and food? To ransom our future in exchange for our freedom? You call that a fair trade?

And a man sat alone, drenched deep in sadness. And all the animals drew near to him and said: "We do not like to see you so sad." "Ask us for whatever you wish and you shall have it." The Man said: "I want to have good sight." The vulture replied: "You shall have mine." The Man said: "I want to be strong, strong." The jaguar said: "You shall be strong like me." Then the Man said: "I have another wish. "I long to know the secrets of the earth." The serpent replied: "I will show them to you." And so it went with all the animals. And when the Man had all the gifts that they could give, he left. Then the owl said to the other animals: "Now the Man knows much and is able to do many things. "Suddenly I am afraid." The deer said: "The Man has all that he needs. Now his sadness will stop." But the owl replied: "No. I saw a hole in the Man... deep like a hunger he will never fill. It is what makes him sad and what makes him want. He will go on taking and taking... until one day the World will say: "I am no more and I have nothing left to give."