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"It's a machine that can put a stop to unruly peasants. Simply order your men-at-arms to load a few of your most unruly peasants into the sling, release, and if your men have aimed it right, you can fertilise your fields from a quarter of a mile away.
Your surviving peasants are guaranteed to be ruly for years to come."
- Baron Twattling, murdered by his own peasants in the Year of the Half-Arsed Wombat.