The fable of the Frog and the Scorpion has long been used to teach that some people are irredeemably evil, and will stop at nothing to harm others, even if they must harm themselves in the process. What kind of moral is that?
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The Infinite Lives places Frog and Scorpion in a Sisyphean time loop, giving them eight opportunities to learn from the mistakes of the past and run from their fate.