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Like, normally, I hate Cicero. Optimate fuck. But in his dealings with Mark Antony, Cicero is my spirit animal. "What, you SPARED me when you could've killed me? What, you want a fucking COOKIE for that, murderer? You want me to lick your boots after you butchered everyone in your social circle who dared have a thimble-full of decency and fucked half the goat pens in Italy? Ooh, so scary, you're drawing your sword and motioning for your goons to cut my throa-"