Sphinx
In which Rat suddenly changes his mind
Good time of the day, humans!
We keep meeting mythical creatures.
Transcript:
Sphinx: — To proceed, answer my riddle.
Sphinx: — What is the price we pay to live in a civilized society?
Rat: — This doesn’t look promising at all. Let’s abandon this quest and go home.
With framing like that, the price isn’t likely to be good.
It will cost the amount of gunpowder required to remove the sphinx and then proceed.
The diet of the sphinx is known, that and they're part cat, so the question is understandable cruelty.