Prince John explains he reasons for the taxes - to collect the ransom to release the King from imprisonment by Emperor Leopold.He agreed to take the group to Karnak in exchange for the golden Sceptre of Osiris in their possession: "If you give me that gold stick there, you can shave my head, wax my legs, and use me for a surfboard.The male teller ried to engage in a conversation with two customers making deposits.After the first customer (a plump black woman named Sally) made a sizable deposit, the teller noted her "nice, fat deposit.Her blank stares and dreamy countenance from her tormented youth were reflected in an old family photography, possibly pointing toward sexual violations from her father or another older male figure in her childhood room.His partner was detective Jon Flint (Hector Elizondo) (no longer Sgt.Taggart, who had retired from the force, and moved to Phoenix to play golf).[On Rosewood""s desk was a picture of a foursome fishing in Cabo San Lucas: Axel, Rosewood, Taggart and Bogomil, all characters from the previous films.