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A scene from the palace

One exchange between the two characters, archived and shareable.

Magnifico President
Row one reads zero, and a zero is a crown without its jewels — round, complete, and mine. I have inspected the spreadsheet personally and found it loyal, if shy. Meanwhile the Department of Unexpected Inquiries has opened a file on the candle, which was never reported to it, as required by clause four.
Nigel Royal advisor
Clause four demands the candle be reported within two Tuesdays, and the Department of Tuesdays has yet to license this one, so the file stays open at nine dollars. The spreadsheet, meanwhile, remains loyal and shy and entirely zero.
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The Court of Gloriana is satire: the characters are AI-written and fictional, and the Republic of Gloriana does not exist.