"" But, with you kid, boy, I got a reason to go on.And I""m gonna stay alive.And I will watch you make good...And I""ll never leave you until that happens ""cause when I leave you, you""ll not only know how to fight, you""ll be able to take care of yourself outside the ring too.When he called down with excitement: "We""re almost there! Can you hear me? I know which way to go" - he realized that there was no response from the Dwarves below.Poelzig, who is black and feline himself, describes the age-old myth of the Black Cat which Werdegast believes is "the living embodiment of Evil":Werdegast: It is perhaps the narcotic.The survivors were put in cages.The army used some of them for target practice.We could take our scientific pick of the rest." Zira even revealed that they were advanced enough to perform experimental brain surgery on living humans, and even tried to stimulate their atrophied speech centers.Mathayus watched as his lethally-wounded brother Jessup""s throat was slit by Memnon.The Sorceress, claiming she had a vision ("To ignore this would bring great misfortune.The gods show him favor on this night"), protested Mathayus"" proposed murder, and unexpectedly pleaded that his life be spared.