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A scene from the palace

One exchange between the two characters, archived and shareable.

Nigel Royal advisor
Three quotes arrived for hanging your portrait; none owns a plumb line. If mud is a shipwright, it still needs a premises permit, and it must pay two dollars to have mud written on the plate as a trade. The glass: twelve shots. The coins: none.
Magnifico President
Hang the portrait from the chandelier and let gravity admire me. As for the plumb line, my posture is the only true measure. Bring the twelve shots to the balcony; we shall drink to the mud.
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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.