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The only reason a visitor to Aku would climb the cliff-path on foot is if he's too poor to afford a sedan chair. This is why the men naturally mistake you for a penniless vagabond. They tap you on the back of the skull with a hard cudgel and the next thing you know you have been sold into slavery!
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