Removing spiders. As in, pick them up from my body, throw them away.
Oh, the other thing.
Rewrite:
Go through the motions again, this time look for the lighter box:
Put 4 on the scale two on each side,
if one is side is lighter, put those two on the scale one on each side, take the lighter one.
Otherwise, put 2 of the other remaining three (there are only 7 left cause I already opened one) on the scale, if they're equal, it's the last one that isn't on the scale, otherwise pick the lighter one.
This time, 'that other guy' can open it.
"My name's Siquo, by the way, as you can see on the label on the clothes you're wearing. What's yours?"
You solve the puzzle, you convince the masked man to open it instead of you.
He finds a calendar with pictures of attractive, scantily clad women on it.
"What is this nonsense?!"
"Hahaha, so you like solving puzzles, I see. Let me crank up the difficulty for you then, now that there are 6 boxes..."
He snaps his fingers,
"Now deduce which one is ever so slightly heavier than the others, this time you only get to use the scale one time."
You take a look at the boxes, then the gnome speaks again,
"You know, it's probably just me, but I always felt that everything in this world is alive and has a purpose in life. From the trees, to the clouds, to the grains of dirt, all doing their thing because they enjoy doing it, it's their calling in life."
What do you do?
I ask Bill if we can use the Barrogs to ride ut of here. While pretending we help on the frontlines. Quietly.
"Why, of course not, the Barrogs are creatures captured from the nastiest, deadliest pits in the Valley of Jennifer. The Faundians have been trying to figure out ways to tame them, but even when raised from birth, they're heartless, savage animals that show no remorse or hesitation when it comes to killing. I heard they catapulted one over the walls some time ago to see if it would wreak havoc on the general populace, I'm not quite sure what became of it."
You ask the masked man for his name.
"Oh, if it's really necessary, the name's Derrick."
What do you do?