The man jumps on Fezzik’s back and begins choking him.

He dives between Fezzik’s legs and the two make polite small talk as Fezzik hurls several unsuccessful punches. The man agrees and charges him, doing absolutely no damage to his brute bulk. When the man draws near, Fezzik throws the rock only to scare him, and requests that they put down their weapons and fight with their hands. Vizzini exclaims, “Inconceivable!” yet again and takes Buttercup himself, demanding that Fezzik surprise the man with a boulder to the head when he reaches their current location. Vizzini, Fezzik, and Buttercup see the man in black coming over the hills in the distance. He falls to his knees, requesting a swift death, but the man instead praises his skill and simply knocks him unconscious with a minor blow to the head before running off after Fezzik and Vizzini. They fight on, and the man eventually disarms Inigo. Inigo asks the man’s identity, but he declines to reveal it. Inigo swings to it via a bar set into the stone archway beside them, and the man follows with the same gymnastic motion. He corners the man against the cliff ledge, but the man reveals that he’s also been fighting with his non-dominant left hand, and switches to his right as well, knocking Inigo’s sword away. Inigo praises the man’s skill, but reveals that he is not left-handed and switches to fighting with his right. They begin their fight, both showing exceptional skill with their swords, and talk politely as they battle. Inigo has since dedicated his life to finding the man. The man spared his life but gave him a scar on each cheek as punishment. Inigo challenged the man to a sword fight and lost. Inigo’s father refused, and the man stabbed him through the heart. The sword was unparalleled in its craftsmanship, but when the six-fingered man returned to claim it, he offered only 10% of his original price. Inigo explains that 20 years ago, when he was 11 years old, a man with six fingers requested a sword from his father, who agreed. The masked man shows that he has only five. Inigo allows the man in black a moment’s rest before they duel, and as he does, he asks the man if he has six fingers on his right hand, as the man who slaughtered his father did.

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