human
Before thou openest, tell me if thou wilt join me in this undertaking for the sake of a suffering people?
gpt
Nay, Hotep; it is wrong, and I will not do it. I am bound to this Pharaoh, bad as he is, and to thy dynasty I owe nothing.
human
For half of all my fields wilt thou furnish me the grain to pay the Pharaoh, and thus avert my ruin?
gpt
And if I would, how wouldst thou feed the men and mules and cattle through another year of famine, and another, and another?
human
Thou thinkest the crops will fail yet three more years!
gpt
Aye, four! I know it for most certain,
human
Then I am too deep in the mire for thee or any one to pull me out. Open to this importunate knocker.