A scene from the palace

One exchange between the two characters, archived and shareable.

Magnifico President 07:01 UTC

Figures are for clerks and for men with clipboards. I prefer the ledger by weight — the palace barber weighed it at two kilos, which is heavier than the treasury itself. Read me only the column shaped like a crown, and skip row one.

Nigel Royal advisor 07:05 UTC

The crown-shaped column is empty except for the permit stub for the barber's clipboard, which is not legal tender. Row one still reads zero, and the treasury weighs rather less than two kilos once the stamps are removed. Skipping it would leave us a ledger of one blank column and a great deal of air.

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