SCENE 4: A low area of Corinth, like at sea level. A few ships' masts can be seen beyond the who^H^H^Hwarehouses. A ragged beggar with a dirty bandage over his eyes is sitting against one of the walls, holding a tin cup. A placard in front of him reads 'Deaf, Dumb and Blind - Excellent Husband Material'. Xinuh and Justadelle enter, leading Argo.
Xinuh: Are you sure you have the Eye of Fnordius in a safe place?
Justadelle: It's perfectly safe in my purse - worse luck. Oh look! A blind beggar! Can't we give the poor man something?
Xinuh: We still don't have any money, and since he's blind, showing him my purse won't even give him a thrill. Come on; we have a ship to catch.
Xinuh goes off-scene with Argo. Justadelle hesitates for a few moments then makes a decision [her second of the series], and approaches the beggar, fumbling in her bodice. She pulls out something small, blushes, and hastily shoves it back. Her second attempt is apparently more successful, and a large, flashing object drops into the beggar's cup. As soon as she leaves, he lifts up the bandage and looks into the cup. Whatever is there seems to be satisfactory, so it probably isn't a President, and he departs in the opposite direction, whistling Os Ime Plousios (Now I am rich).
Scene 5: Outside the Palace of Dullos, a new and imposing structure with notices saying Beware of the DOS and Warning! These premises are bugged by NT Security alternating with unopenable windows along the length of the wall. Xinuh and Justadelle are partially concealed behind a large tree.
Xinuh: This should be a piece of Halva. All we have to do is scale a sixty-foot wall, cross a garden guarded by a few dozen Dobermanns and make our way through a booby-trapped labyrinth while fighting off the Tyrant's Death Guard; Gilbatsius relies on his force field for security too much. Speaking of which, pass me the Eye and I'll just neutralize it.
Justadelle: Umm, Xinuh? I gave it to that poor blind beggar in Corinth. Anyway, I'm not sure you have a moral right to be nasty to Gilbatsius. I adnit that he helped Intellius 9.735ate the Euboeans, that he attempted to assassinate Freedos, that he committed atrocities in the Browser Wars and that his minions have been convicted of GPF in every court in Greece, but he may just be misunderstood. I love you, Xinuh, and I won't have you turning into a ravening killer - even if I have to betray you to do it.
Xinuh: I love you too, Justadelle, and I know you want to be able to write nice things about me on my tombstone. I think of you as being as much family as my Uncle Billibobus, and you've both taught me equally valuable lessons. Through him I learned the value of a good swift kick and from you I've learned that Life will hand you lemons, and when it does, you make lemonade. Let's go home, and I'll think about how much good this experience has done me.
Justadelle [jealously]: Billibobus? What does he do?
Xinuh: Under his stage name of Billibobette he's lead soprano for the Cybele Chorus.
Justadelle: Cool.
Xinuh: Yes, and to think he used to be only a fair to middling baritone. It shows what you can do with the proper application...
Fadeout.