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“What is it, Lopsang?”

“He say cannot go any more. He finished. He say Big Strong Man get angry if he go more. He stop now.”

“Stop? Good God, man, we’re almost there. He can’t quit now. Tell him … ask him what he wants.”

“He say there is big hole. You here, he there, big hole in between. Too big.”

“Too big? What … a hole?”

“Yes, big hole. Like … how you say … gap. Big gap. He say you need to give him more money or he stop.”

“This is robbery. Lopsang, tell him that I cannot give him any more money, and that I am very angry. Tell him there is no gap. My Big Strong Man has many weapons. Many, many weapons. Powerful weapons. Tell him that.”

“He say gap is sooooo big. Say you here, him there, and you cheap. He not afraid of Big Strong man with big weapons. He say numbers not lie. You not even cover dealer invoice you so cheap. That what he say.”

“Fine then. Tell him to shove it up his ass. It’s a fucking Alero, for Christ’s sake. Fucking heathen.”