Gladiator

 
meaning of that? ‘Nearest.’ ‘Dearest.’ ‘Close to.’ I am 
Proximo. I shall be closer to you in the next days than your own 
mothers
 
were. I did not
 
pay good money to buy you,” Proximo
said. “I paid to buy your 
death. 
You
 
may die alone, in pairs, or in 
groups—who knows? Many

different ways with just one 

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ending.” He walked around his new slaves, enjoying himself.
“And when you die—and you will die—the sound of cheering
will send you to the next world.” 
Proximo raised his hands and stretched them out to the group
of slaves. “Gladiators, I salute you,” he said.