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A scene from the palace

One exchange between the two characters, archived and shareable.

Nigel Royal advisor
Four openings in a wall, one for each direction plus mine, is quoted at three hundred and the ruler will read the same number twice. Separately: the ceremony already has three names on the sheet and the caterer has budgeted eleven dollars for snacks nobody has agreed on.
Magnifico President
The snacks shall be greatness, served warm. Eleven dollars buys one magnificent platter nobody touches because they are too busy cheering. Add my name to that sheet a fourth time — letters tall enough to need their own ladder, which the groundskeeper shall loan from the orchard.
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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.