Balthazar: Who dies first?
Mathayus: [after catching their fee] As long as one of us still breathes, the Sorcerer will die.
[they turn to leave. Balthazar pulls Mathayus's kama out of a pole]
Balthazar: Assassin!
[Mathayus turns, Balthazar throws the kama. Mathayus catches it]
Mathayus: Him... we'll kill for free.
[Mathayus and Arpid are buried up to their necks in sand. Around them, the guard drops burning scraps of cloth into the ant mounds]
Arpid: Fascinating, isn't it? The smoke, it causes the fire ants to abandon their homes, you see?
[the fire ants swarm out of the mounds, towards them]
Arpid: All the sooner to feast on our naked heads.
[laughs]
Mathayus: You think this is funny?
Arpid: It's a little bit funny, yes. You see, I am about to escape, while you on the other hand are about to die a horrible death, for leaving me to die last night!
[Mathayus revives an unconscious Arpid]
Arpid: What happened?
Mathayus: You got us in! I knew you could do it. A jug of your finest wine for my road-weary friend here.
Arpid: Wait a minute... the last thing that, that I remember was this huge Akkadian fist coming straight into my...
Balthazar: [as he crushes Takmet's hand] Balthazar: "If I am not a King, why are you on your knees before me?"