"That one's easy," said the liar with a smile. "It's all for the blood."

The former sentences had been delivered in Macedonian, but the liar rapidly switched back to his own king's language as he addressed him. "My liege, you're going to get terribly dull while I play this game. A present from Famine." He presented his king with a small tin box.

The king took the box and opened it. It was filled with chocolate cookies. Apparently completely satisfied by this offer, the liar's king shifted in his throne, that Weber and the Macedonian king might better continue their conversation.