Sejanus
[about Germanicus' friends' charge of murder] They have no proof.
Livia
No, but I dare say they could tell a pretty tale.
Sejanus
A pretty tale isn't proof.
Livia
That's a different song than the one you've been singing for the last five years. You've buried more people with your pretty tales than anyone I know.
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