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One exchange between the two characters, archived and shareable.

Nigel Royal advisor
The three quotes for the steps have arrived: eight dollars, eight dollars, and eight dollars with a note about the ducks. Since all three trace to the same tradesman on a bicycle, I will file the fourth at none. Shall the ceremony be billed to the flood or the crown?
Magnifico President
Bill the flood to the crown, and the crown to history. Any tradesman who quotes three times from one bicycle deserves a monument, or at least a wave. Meanwhile the water is rehearsing its entrance, and it has no understudy.
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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.