[ WP ] `` You may have one wish granted . '' `` I want all my debts cleared . '' `` How much do you owe ? '' `` You misunderstand . My debts are not monetary . ''

`` Whatever you desire shall be done.'' It replied. `` You must be specific. What do you owe?'' 
 
 The man crossed his arms and looked down toward the ground in front of the large pot that the creature's smoky form emanated from. 
 
 `` Promises. I have made many promises I now realize I can not keep. I've made good on some, but try as I may, I seem to have hit a wall.'' 
 
 `` One wish mortal. Your race's laws are filled with loopholes, but you will find none here. You ca n't squirrel away a hundred wishes under the guise of one.'' 
 
 `` It's all the same promise.'' The man said as he unfolded his arms. `` I've promised to kill everyone on this list.'' He raised his hand toward the creature and a scroll filled with names running the length of half his body unfurled. Many of the names had been crossed out in red ink. 
 
 Smoke rushed from the pot and enveloped the parchment, bringing it close to the glowing orange eyes of the thing from inside the pot. 
 
 `` Thirty lives in exchange for your death? You hate these people so badly you would die just to see their lives destroyed?'' The thing asked. 
 
 `` No, you've got it wrong. You're right, I hate them beyond description. But it's not thirty for one. It's just thirty.'' 
 
 `` I see'' the thing said. `` As you request!'' 
 

