It takes me around 20 to 30 mins to think up of everything, and put all my thoughts in a paragraph.
I don't believe that he means it as a threat he really does mean it as an idolization of powerlessness due to the fact that throughout the poem he's using language that you could only expect from someone in a hopeless or powerless situation an de to the fact that the tone is slow and you could say placed in a logical way as to show a sense of powerlessness (hope this helps)
First become friends with them. Then gain their trust by never lying to them.
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