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Mercutio is looking for a fight anyway. He doesn't like Tybalt and sneers at him, calling him the "Prince of Cats". When Romeo does not respond to Tybalt's insults, Mercutio gets angry on Romeo's behalf, but it wasn't going to take much to get his sword out anyway.

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