The frog wasn't dumb. If the rumors were true-- and they always were-- then it knew it was at a distinct disadvantage against several among them. And the information they gave was compelling enough that it was willing to listen, for what little good it would do.

Quit wasting your time with those pretty words of your's-- there's nothing any of you can do to make this right. It's too late.

With it's words was a grim sense of conviction. This was what it truly believed, for there was nothing else that it could believe in.