Narrator: CLASSIC WORKS OF LITERATURE FROM MEMORY
Narrator: "THE TROJAN HORSE"
T-Rex: Is - IS this a story? It's more of a PREMISE from history, right?
T-Rex: Like there's a war, and the Trojans wanna sneak in to a base and kill their dudes, so they're like "hey here's a big hollow I MEAN NORMAL horse statue for no reason" and the other guys are like "sweet, free normal horse statue" and accept it. And then that night - BAM! All the Trojans pop out and do murders!
Dromiceiomimus: I think the Greeks gave the horse TO the Trojans.
T-Rex: STILL!
Utahraptor: And that's where the story ends?
T-Rex: From memory, yes!
T-Rex: I THINK the moral is "maybe don't take suspicious gifts from people you're at war with", but that seems pretty obvious. HELL of a useful metaphor though.
Utahraptor: Yes, RIP to the ACTUAL PEOPLE who LITERALLY DIED so we could have a nice shorthand for "sneaking a thing past security with lies."
T-Rex: Yes, their memory will not be forgotten! It will, however, be summarized and half-forgotten as it's blended with fiction until it's impossible to reconstruct what the actual story really was!!
T-Rex: Again, RIP in peace