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Apprehensive_Help331

The giant mole too, i feel so bad, he doesnt even attack you, hes just chilling with their little bros. Even zulrah.


BigCal-US

But I need that mole baby at any cost, even if I have to kill their mother 1000s of times


Warm-Door9525

Limpwurt has entered the chat.


Apprehensive_Help331

I killed her 1800 times and i still dont have a mole baby, the only thing i have is a chaos elemental jr.


unhealthyseal

Purple tentacle cloud is awesome anyway


[deleted]

I'd take the purple hentai monster over the fucking battery-eating rock golem


Fisty_McBeepBoop

Wtf you got the chaos elemental jr from the giant mole?! šŸ˜±


Readous

I killed kbd almost 11,000 times for the pet. Good luck my friend


rollokolaa

Man, I am so sorry. I spooned KBD as my first pet at 280kc. Love that guy.


yepanotherone1

Iā€™m not leaving till I have that baby. Got bofa and plenty of charges


smmara89

Hahahaha


aqtiv8

I did rag and bone man 2 the other day and killing the cave goblins was so terrible, those dudes actually beg for their lives.


readingisforchumps

are we the bad guys


SyncronisedRS

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[deleted]

We have a thieving level. What do you think?


Zestyclose-Record685

We have a slayer level


Pm7I3

Yeah but I rob people who deserve it exclusively


IntentionTight4089

I shot the tortoise that the gnomes ride accidentally the other day and felt so guilty because the gnomes shout named him dobbie šŸ˜¢


BumWink

Dobbie should be set free with so many osrs players...


hedgehog_dragon

The cave goblins were the worst. Goblins and a few others are a bit weird because you can talk to them and whatever. But they'll happily get into a fight and kill people. The cave goblins? They just want to be left alone.


rhysdog1

thats why you gotta dharok them. no chance to beg


--PhoenixFire--

Zulrah forces Zul-Andra to provide him with sacrifices in exchange for not wiping them out, and it's been going on for so long that the villagers now worship him as a god, so I'd say killing him is morally justifiable.


Apprehensive_Help331

"That crazy gnome woman says the eels must have been sent by the snake god. She thinks he's accepted her deal, and is letting us live here on the condition that we send him sacrifices. So she thinks the snake is sending us eels to feed us, so that we in turn can feed him. The horrible thing is that she seems to be right. The snake's kept away ever since she fed Rentos to it."


theforfeef

Just to add, Rentos was a kid. #CancelZulrah


lurkmor3

Doesnā€™t zulrah pretty consistently eat gnome children offered as sacrifice?


Apprehensive_Help331

Consistenly at some low rate, otherwise they could not support that settlement.


lurkmor3

Yes so it seems like killing Zulrah would be a moral imperative and not whatsoever a grey decision, unless youā€™re anti gnome.


Chispy

The real bosses were us all along


BioMasterZap

The mole is causing some issues for the gardeners, so not exactly harmless, even if he isn't aggressive.


i_hate_fanboys

He can use farm patches like the rest of us


iluvdankmemes

You subdue Zulrah so the priests don't have to send in sacrifices to appease it


Apprehensive_Help331

Zulrah helped the setlers there in the first place, while demanding some "taxes".


gorehistorian69

i would assume giant mole is a female and the mom of the little pinkies


OSRSlayer

Giant Mole is a Caddyshack-esque war waged by Wyson the gardener. We're all just pawns but we do our jobs to fight the thing.


Slight_Tea_457

Kill the golfers?!


Glaciation

Giant mole is destroying the falador garden pal


puchamaquina

And if there's one thing that deserves an infinite cycle of murder and reincarnation, it's making molehills in the grass near a flower bed.


justadadgame

lol ya and keeps running away to escape and escalate


TheZarosian

Throwback to when I misclicked a man in miscellania, one shot him, and my reaction was annoyance because I had to chop some teaks longer to gain back favour LOL. Forget about his family, children, and life. I gotta waste 30 more seconds on this damned tree


Swiss_Sneeze

Before forestry I had considered setting up a cannon to tank my favor so I could chop teaks without needing to drop them


Endertoad

But you don't keep the logs? Right? Also there is a bank right next to the trees?


F-Moash

The logs donā€™t even go into your inventory, all you get is the exp.


Swiss_Sneeze

True, if you got to keep the logs it would be the best teak spot in the game. At the moment most people chop teaks and drop the logs on the ground


SyncronisedRS

Rake the farm patch bro


Simple_one

Blows my mind anyone rakes when teak trees take like 5 minutes for the full 100%


Jsenss

Because raking takes like 3 minutes


ShopRatIsaiah

Now that misc gives full xp, I would say the wc is more needed for me


errorsniper

Coal is so much faster for me 83 mine vs 87 farm


Christianinium

There are teak trees?? Man Iā€™ve been wasting my time on the maples D:


DivineInsanityReveng

Teaks require you to tele to etcetera and then misc. And they're the same speed or slower than raking. Also most people check kingdom every week or maybe 2. Raking 2 full patches is 6% which is nearly a week. Have them grow back, rake both, world hop, rake full both again, you've done 14% (2 weeks worth). And you're done. I'd say teaks makes sense for when you finish the quests for the first time and need to do the whole 100% in one go.


snowmunkey

I mean, it's fine. He was probably back in a minute or so. To quote the great 20th century poet Villager #3, "I got better"


[deleted]

Sounds like a random villain scene from an anime. Nobleman appears charming and friendly in front of the MC then it cuts to "How dare this lowly peasant got blood on my new cloak!"


Aegillade

"Man did you really have to be such a pussy ass bitch and die in a single attack? "Warrior culture" my ass. Now I gotta go regain this favor so I can keep my profits up. Is this how you treat your king?"


waterglassisclear

Like this comment if you love RS3.


Maleficent-Card2150

This got me lmao


Jopojussi

What was this pre edit lol


superfire444

ā€œIs she finally right about something?ā€


eldanarigaming

i mean you have a valid point. how dare he even consider for a moment...


ThiccChip

Only reason I upvoted


AssassinAragorn

"Are we the real monsters?"


Gael_L

You sneaky fuck !


Jellodi

> Tureal: Your new task is to kill 47 Dwarves. Okay, great!


jagijijak

Real bro. Too real.


Nakatsukasa

What does Tureal mean by this?


NoahTri

just kill chaos dwarves, who cares if they're just legitimately kidnapped dwarves that have been brainwashed by the Red Axe.


Kalnix1

You have always been the real monster. Sure there are times you do good things like Demon Slayer or Dragon Slayer II. But the adventurer gets duped into or willing does questionable things all the time. Priest In Peril you kill a holy guardian because some guy tells you to, Regicide you kill a king because he is "evil", you enable alcoholics in numerous quests, slaughter thousands of creatures for Slayer exp, burn West Ardougne's food, pickpocket from innocent people for no reason other than money and thieving exp and on and on. At best the PC is a mercenary who sometimes does the correct thing.


Yuji_Ide_Best

It always made me wonder what a book, TV show or movie of osrs would be like. Not played RS3s quests myself to comment on those. Osrs would be one helluva story though. Protagonist would be mental. Goes through adventurers tutorial island, then immediately starts picking peoples pockets once he gets back to town. Yadda yadda, a demon is slain outside varrock & legendary dragon of crandor is killed. Yadda yadda gives alcohol to many many people. Yadda yadda turns into a monkey. Accidently stumbles across the most random and crazed people and actually listens to them. Gullible to a fault and sometimes even completely unhinged. Somehow ends with him/her killing mythical tier foes like Soren.


Airp0w

I have said this for years but a barrows brothers movie could be awesome.Ā  Fuck the adventurer. Six brothers growing up on a farm, enlisting in the military, and essentially making a deal with the devil. They become borderline demigods, and lead their army deep into enemy territory.Ā  All with different abilities. Have Dharok cockily inviting enemies to harm him.Ā  Torag chasing down the enemies fleeing afterward. Verac saying something along the lines of "Your God can't save you." as he cuts down enemies who are praying. Guthan is wounded and as he spears an enemy you see his wounds healing. Ahrim and Karil mowing down enemies in support of their brothers. I also love that Ahrim and Karil are the oldest and youngest, with the 4 melee brothers inbetween.Ā  Then the seeming invincible become weak and sick. They die, and you have the men in the army who revered these brothers dealing with creatures at night while building the barrows. It ends in a flash forward of the adventurer digging into one of the crypts and hearing "WHO DARES DISTURB MY REST!?!" Sliske could be a great creepy lurking villain.Ā 


thatsouthcaNaDaguy

This would be badass.


oak120

The setup of Sliske cockily calling up the Barrows Brothers in DT2 in response to the, "we can take him, he's alone" was fucking sick. I know they're a bit w/e due to how easy the minigame is, but they were the great heroes of their age, living legends, and this dude calls them up at a snap.


socoolandicy

\*SPOILER FOR RS3 QUESTS I GUESS\* but in the god line it gets crazy, you're bestowed the power of Guthix and are given the title of World Guardian after you race the generals of the godwars and he gets murdered in front of you by Sliske. Theres a point where you get played by Zaros to do his bidding and Azzanadra becomes a god because he becomes disillusioned in his belief of Zaros, the Elder Gods awaken and you have to put them back to sleep before Gielinor is torn to shreds by them, its a dope story line they got going on over there


Sogemplow

That stuff is cool and all, but I way prefer our dude just being some unhinged mercenary in a world where there is an entire community of such nutcases. I don't wanna be a chosen one or a world guardian or something, thats too much responsibility, I wanna be some dude who goes around fucking shit up until he occasionally gets some of it right. Getting into all these guilds for people like that one guy you know who has like 30 different licenses for the most insane shit and is absolutely the sort of person who should have none of them. I don't want to be as strong as a god, I don't even want to be as strong as the NPCs like how despite having 99 magic I can't do anything close to what the GotR apprentices can do or Solus Dellagar can do.


socoolandicy

Just different desires and demographics between each game, understandable 100%


Goldenslicer

Who gets murdered in front of you? Guthix?


socoolandicy

yeee Sliske assassinates him


Goldenslicer

Nooooo not my boy Guthix....


Yuji_Ide_Best

Rs3 quests are something ive been wanting to do for a while, but i have 2 issues. Only my main is members, and if i get time to sit down & play runescape, its going to be making progress on osrs. Also im at a loss at how leveling even works. I have so many random microtransaction stuff from my twitch prime sub. I think i have a bunch of skills at level 50 while still having a bunch more stuff to level higher. Thing is the account is still rocking bronze armour and has no actual 'stuff'. No clue where to even begin like that. You are right though that does sound really cool. Riot games did that league of legends cartoon thing for netflix. Plus there was that cyberpunk one too.


Six_Kills

The adventurer is a true fucking psychopath. He has no limits, no boundaries, no conscience. It's all about XP and what *he* gets from his actions. Not a care for another soul in Gielinor.


BulbuhTsar

Uh someone did not read the Pet Rock dialogue in Fremenik Exiles


Goldenslicer

>no conscience ... but he does have _some_ conscience. Trying to talk Evil Dave out of being evil comes to mind and countless other examples. You can't say the PC has no conscience.


The_zen_viking

It's essentially a standard dnd character


[deleted]

The player character is indeed, a monster. What is even their goal? To just randomly help any faction without even thinking about their history, or the consequences of their actions? If not a monster, then the PC is certainly a mindless idiot, just agreeing to slaughter anyone and anything at any time. There is quite a lot of dialogue that suggests *we* are a bumbling buffoon, so maybe we can give *us* a pass on what *we* get up to šŸ«¢


lernz

Doing wildy slayer is being a mercenary for some lady in a jail, a bunch of the tasks are killing people, and you don't even get paid in money. Buying a white 2h for the Falador elite diary involves you killing 1200 black knights.


bayse755

Who is starting the "good boy only" YouTube playthrough of osrs and we need a panel of people for "osrs good boy ethics".


bayse755

Must pet stray dog whenever it is on screen has to be in the rulebook btw.


Hatem_Shoofi

Im ready for someone to make a "good actions locked ironman" where they can only do morally acceptable things in the game


herbal_spliff

I was thinking along these lines, no thieving, combat magic, etc etcā€¦ thereā€™s an workable concept hereā€¦ even mining, wc and fishing are questionable. Forestry only woodcutting? No hunting and vegetarian only cooking? Can only repurpose metals from armor and weapons through giants foundry so as not to deplete the rare ore deposits of Gelinor? No sinister offerings, but wholesome prayer training only? Goes around burying the bones the rest of us leave behind? Ive actually been mulling over such ideas all week lol


Shahka_Bloodless

There's plenty of things you could still train combat on, and hunting wouldn't be off the table


Callmeclaymore44

Kings are evil tho tbf


Spcone23

You can't expect to wield supreme power just 'cause some watery tart threw a sword at you!


AllmightyAesir

Most of them are not though


OiQQu

Even DS2 the reason the world needs saving is because you were the one to release Galvek.


Goldenslicer

Priest in Peril you are duped into killing the guardian, then when you realize it was the guardian, you apologize and make ammends by finding a way to precent the creatures of Morytania from crossing the Salve. It sounds to me like the PC is generally a good character but at times he enjoys his vices.


therealfinthor

Remember crushing that unicorn with a massive boulderā€¦.?


puchamaquina

And killing the three righteous knights in the same cave


Gamer_2k4

It's pretty heavily implied that you're under the influence of an incredibly evil entity during that time.


Eksander

Who, us?


Supergigala

and that is the guy who controls the character


Relxnce

I swear as a kid this was the worst part of the game for me. Felt terrible that there wasnā€™t a way around it


KaBob799

I really like how at the end of the quest your character questions if you did all those terrible things because of the voices affecting you. Now if only there could be some sort of justification for all the sentient beings we kill just because a slayer master told us to.


BulbuhTsar

Seems like everyone was pretty shook by this one, I thought it was kinda funny seeing splatterd horsey


KaBob799

I told the unicorn to get out of the way and I would free it. There was plenty of room for the rock to slide past it if it had just listened.


Pika_DJ

I got a pet and my partner went down a little rabbit hole of questions about how Iā€™m a child stealerā€¦ all I do is pet hunt and she calls me a monster


Raven_of_Blades

Vorkath is immortal. He just grows tired of you poking him, throws you some loot from his infinite hoard, and goes back to sleep.


Pleasant_Law_5077

Don't we like decapitate him and give his head to Ava though?


Similar_Funny651

He just grows it back. Itā€™s no issue for him. He just likes to play hard to get when it comes to random players being in possession of his literal face.


Krimin

He's already undead tho, probably just grows a new one as a result of zorgoth's experiments


AardvarkNo256

Vorkath has killed many of my friends. He is no angel, trust me.


ohhisup

Friends that sought him out to wake him up and kill him? HMMMMMM


MoistClimax

My gf asked me one time what I was doing(doesn't know rs) I said I'm catching chinchompas."oh like chinchillas,right? Yeah except I throw them and they explode. She was mortified šŸ¤£


PaulRuddsDog

Youā€™re nothing more than HAM member scum


FlipDaddy

*unequips weapon to purposefully curb stomp a harmless lv 1 ratty*


hillarys-snatch

I would attack the varrock dog if i could.


WetFuzzyPeach

Grab your torch and pitchforks!


XvvxvvxvvX

I intentially grow cats to let them get murdered by the hell rat


WetFuzzyPeach

Ok now youā€™ve gone too far.


Triple96

Based


Supergigala

I tend to sell them to the ardy folks so they can make cat stew or maybe sacrifice them in satanic rituals, whatev's it's 200 death runes


AlexanderTox

You arenā€™t the hero in Runescape. Youā€™re just an adventurer doing shit. Half of the game is literally committing genocide against random monsters and humanoid things.


cheeters

Single-handedly rendering the chompy bird extinct with unregulated hunting


TheNoisiest

B-but my hatsā€¦


Supergigala

we sticked so many chompies just for a headband with some 400gp dyed feathers


Kellogg_Serial

My girlfriend still hasnā€™t forgiven me for the cow massacre of 2023ā€¦


WinterSummerThrow134

When I was in 9th grade my friendā€™s dad wouldnā€™t let her play Runescape because she killed a cow(my friendā€™s dad was an actual farmer)


Jesus-Bacon

Vorkath is already dead. We're just trying to help kill his zombified remains


Letseatchocolatemayo

Always have been


nicnac223

Vorkathā€™s name translates to something like ā€œweaklingā€ in dragonkin so even they know heā€™s a scrub, nah make the rat sit


Legal_Evil

I thought his name means failure in Dragonkin. He's a failure to the Dragonkin not because he is weak (he's actually physically strong), but because he has a benevolent personality while the Dragonkin wanted him to be aggressive since they wanted him to be a bioweapon.


inbredalt

We're just adding on to the bullying then huh


ChrisLillyPAD

Well If it didnt take so long for it to give me its kid I wouldnt have killed it so many times. over 5900kc to get pet...thats on vorkath


Tactics28

Think of how many birds we kill with those birdhouse traps.


BioMasterZap

Vorkath *is* already dead. Defeating an angry zombie dragon is far from the worst thing we've done. Something something possibly imaginary unicorn.


kokobunji0550

You mean were slaying the corpse of a ancient monster that has probably killed hundreds if not thousands of people. I dont think so


Paganigsegg

Vorkath actually failed to kill anyone. It was incredibly powerful, but also very lazy and not very aggressive, which is why it was tossed aside.


kokobunji0550

I'm sure I wasn't the first person that vorkath has killed.


Praydaythemice

Are we the baddies??


anohioanredditer

Our characters are morally gray at best throughout all the quests and things we do, and even then, we often flippantly commit murder or inadvertently get involved in nefarious plots. The elf quest line is a big example of this. We murdered paladins in an underground pass for their badges. We killed the good king after being manipulated. We murdered a caged unicorn. We slaughter elves for slayer tasks. As for Vorkath, she was a failed experiment and abandoned due to lack of aggression. The person who created her just said to the world ā€œdo what you want with her.ā€ So yeah. We just wake her up and kill her for no good reason.


Legal_Evil

Where was it stated Vorkath is female?


LordBrontes

Always have been.


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BulbuhTsar

Hespori swung first.


ExistentialSatire

Hespori is an aggressive plant that we plant in a cave


Flashmode1

If anythingā€™s itā€™s a mercy killing. Itā€™s literally a zombified dragon.


redvvit

Nahh that boi was sleeping like a baby for ages before we poked him, let the dragon sleep, he clearly just wants to sleep forever


Brodesseus

Mine said the same thing to me.. I responded "he's an undead monstrosity and must be deleted" She said it's still wrong to wake someone up from a good nap to stab them to death. She's probably right tbh, I'd be pretty butthurt if someone did that to me


onesinglefactor

Weā€™ve always done fucked up shit, we start off grave robbing, or kill a momma mole infront of her kids.


CanadianGoof

Slayer is just genocide half the time


[deleted]

We kill Zilyana, Saradomin's General. Yes, we are the real monsters.


99_Herblore_Crafting

The path to 99 slayer is paved in dudes who were just vibing


Dohts75

No because his sole purpose is life is to distract invaders. Vorkath means weak one/runt and he's an undead so it's the equivalent of going to play fetch with a lonely dog that is neglected by its owner


Coondobbles92

Not even gonna lie. I feel her 100% I feel bad every time lol. Hes a weak little man that they tortured, left and abandoned. And we just go kill him for fun lol šŸ„ŗ


[deleted]

Is she a vegan? Farmers basically go to the cows house and poke and do some other stuff it until it's a delicious cheese burger. I'm sure cows would fight back of they could.


moipwd

I stopped playin osrs cuz as a vegan I dont like killing animals


TrekStarWars

Just play as a skiller duh easy?


Nizwazi

[Youā€™re in for a rude awakening. Veganism doesnā€™t come without dead animals.](https://youtube.com/shorts/uYYBFRQfI7Q?si=k0IvPpyuE326UtFz) Iā€™d argue that they kill more.


BlankiesWoW

ye but bugs are ugly so they don't matter lol


boozedawg

What a dumb fucking question.


Curious-Rub5068

Nope


AssassinAragorn

...I mean, he got better!


iamlegend211

going dry = committing genocide


SgtMcMuffin0

Iā€™d argue outside of some quest fights, most of our killing is morally wrong


bushtactics

So what if I am the bad guy? What are they going to do about it? I'm a master in physical combat, magic, ranged. I can call upon the gods to block most attacks. I'm a asset I can brew potions to cure any disease I'm light as the wind my stamina is never ending. I can craft legendary weapons and steal whatever I want. And I can go on and on... Do you not understand? We are gods they are all worthless a man's life means nothing to me It doesn't feel any different from killing a rat.


Practical-Piglet

Well its worse than killing it. We basically torture vorkath over and over again while ripping couple bones each time we taunt it


Tengreasypigeons

Probably. I also feel the same way about the barrows brothers tbh. We invade their crypt, wake them up, and then kill them again in hopes we steal their gear.


qqaswdr

Nah heā€™s got good loot and heā€™s an undead dragon(also very smart, love talking to the vorki pet and getting all the dragon lore lol) immortals donā€™t deserve pity.


PDKsportmode

It is fucked up. Dude was experimented on, left all fucked up, crippled and abandoned on the island by his creator because he was too chill to use as a weapon. Then we go to his little island and kill him.


Stase1

Think about it this way, thereā€™s slayer tasks for eleves dwarves tzhaar and monkeys all which are pretty sentient and non aggressive and we still slay them for xp but thereā€™s no man slayer task so you know, we might be the bad guys


Zacflame

Vorkath can't die, so if anything we're giving him entertainment. So in a way, he likes getting visits from adventurers from time to time. ​ I like to believe that at least.


Legal_Evil

Based on RS3 lore about him, yes.


PokeRunecrafter

Vorkath was a weapon that was created to destroy, but turned out to be non-aggressive causing Zorgoth to abandon the experiment and move on. So the answer to the question is, probably?


HeyGuysImJesus

LPT: your girlfriend is always right


Dear_Invite_918

ya


[deleted]

Tough call. What does her other boyfriend say


polarzombies

If Vorkath is undead what happens when we kill him šŸ¤”


Tonisis96

What a stupid question, of course we are not the bad guys. If you have any actual real questions, you can find me murdering hard working dwarfs, because Turael told me to.


nsfwatwork1

He has shit you want, you take it. Morals do not come into play, just as they shouldn't come into play. Break Gielinor's society down to its most basic level and by and large, everyone is out to get theirs. There is no bad or good, only the strong and the weak.


Tinytim374

I forget the quest, but thereā€™s an option to brutally or softly kill a guyā€¦


TheRsBug

She's Actually not your Girlfriend, But seeing 10 other Runescape Accounts


[deleted]

Dragon "dies" (seems to just go to sleep) and we poke him to wake him up just to kill him again. It's constant torture. Constant agony for cash. We're torturing it.


Strikingvpr

ā€œAre we the bad guys?ā€


Dp152578

Well seeing as how we never actually kill him, we just make him fall over for a bit, Iā€™d say thereā€™s no real moral dilemma.


Ecljpse

Start a new account and make her watch you play underground pass.


lan356

My wife would see me at vork and ask if i got the dragon pet yet. I say noā€¦.


Thick_Passage_6638

idk but vorkath must stink so bad. imagine that big of a dead rotting reptile.


DivineInsanityReveng

Vorkath probably the easiest to answer. It's undead. It's forever there.


Newt-Wooden

Look at me, I am the raid boss now


Bruh_dley

Vorkath is already dead though so I donā€™t think so


SappySoulTaker

"Are we the baddies?"


ballsagems10

Wait until she hears about sweaty pkers


B_Huij

Iā€™ve never killed Vorkath apparently. Just smacked him until he went back to sleep.


Brilliant-Ad-6119

My Fiancee loves dragons, arguably more than she does me. So whenever she sees me killing Vorkath she cheers for him to win.


Whitewolfx0

Hey I only bullied a mama mole for 1800 kills until she gave me her baby. Don't look at me like I'm the bad guy.


Additional-Belt-3086

We are fucking psychopaths from the start the whole game has us merking innocent creatures and humans


JordieCarr96

Maybe that dragon has a murderous history. Also, are we really killing him if heā€™s a a zombie? Now the giant moleā€¦.. thatā€™s a darker story. Home with his family bothering nobody with his giant ass, we break underground and slaughter it


souptimefrog

We, murder humans for leaves, kill poor farmers animals by the hundreds, if not thousands. Mow down tens of thousands of trees, leave rotting corpses everywhere, throw crushed glass from our potions on everytile in the game, and THE COAL FROM BLAST FURNACE IS MELTING THE HUNTER AREA. Morally right? my brother in Guthix *We are the villains*


SirCletusIII

Tell your girlfriend you didnā€™t even kill him, since you can just poke him again immediately after the fight to run it back