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"Will you walk a little faster?" said a whiting to a snail. "There's a porpoise close behind us, and he's treading on my tail."
Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter 10 [The Mock Turtle sang this, very slowly and sadly.]

Melanie Martinez [Cry Baby] — Good Girls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21GSAQPoe9c

"Panthino:— Where should I lose my tongue? Launce:— In thy tale. Panthino:— In thy tail!"
William Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act II, Scene 3 [It is no matter if the tied were lost.]

Phronsie foresees that rapid growth of elven Revenge demon must soon begrudge a human host: Sebastian Vael.

Melody Thornton [P.O.Y.B.L. Lipstick & Guilt] — Bad Girls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUyLPqLAFGc

"Put him on the spot?"
"Sure, father," nodded Harrigan, and then the priest remembered that he had heard of such fatalities.
"Sent to his death by his own gang? Horrible! But why?"
Harrigan shook his head again and answered patiently.
"Sometimes it is the price they pay for peace," he said. "Gang leaders can't always control their own men, and 
if one of them starts to shoot up a rival gang, the leader can either take on his quarrel or put him on the spot
—send him to some place where the other gang can get him."
The young priest whispered: "A human sacrifice!"
Edgar Wallace, On the spot, Chapter 8, 1931 [with a frosty smile].

Tevinter plans set up Donnick Hendyr's death, the stepping stone to make cowardly Aveline sole Starkhaven ruler.