proximo, my old friend, see what i have for you today -- !
i will make it up to you, master. it's bargain day for you! look, look, look -- i have two lions and a panther -- hear how they roar for you! "bring me home, proximo!"
for you -- 8,000 sesterces.
what about this one? look at the arms!
1,000 sesterces.
i have to eat, master! he's my finest, i couldn't let him go as part of the lot for less than 9,000 total.  i tell you this one is prime. he's a spaniard and killed fourteen of my men before he could be subdued!
stop! stop!
no -- no -- 1,000!
how could i say no to my old friend proximo?