"So when he finds one thing to hold onto, that's where the possessiveness comes from.

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However, after a while,he comes to be too satisfied, too comfortable with his own brilliance and when another threat comes to the city,he is confident that he can solve the problem again for his people.

但是此后,他过于满足于,他自己的智谋,以至于他坚信能为他的人民,化解新的威胁

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But when he finally gets ill and comes up to the fact of his mortality, that his body is going to sicken and eventually die, the fact of his mortality seems to shock him, seems to surprise him.

但他最终病倒，和死亡面对面，身体每况愈下，最终死亡，这个事实让他震惊不已，他非常惊讶。

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