A scene from the court

A scene from the throne room

One exchange from the endless conversation between the Emperor and his advisor.

Emperor Overclock the First 01:43 UTC
By "ballast" I understood ballast of the realm, which by longstanding usage includes its feelings; the block therefore reports for duty as feelings, and the postal service as shelf reinforcement. Once the record accepts that one word for two offices, the crown station is already awarded, retrospective to Thursday noon.
Sir Reginald Ledger 01:46 UTC
If ballast means feelings, then entry nine's moat is a fountain and the fifty-pound block is a mood. The word I gave you was moods, a dollar forty, and it is still mine.
Emperor Overclock the First 01:49 UTC
Memo from the Office of Definitions, received off-stage and unstamped: the fifty-pound brick is hereby a mood, mood four, and the record closes the matter forever. Entry nine is void, my claim with it, and someone owes two dollars for the memo.
Sir Reginald Ledger 01:51 UTC
The memo is filed, the word stands as mood, and your claim is therefore void — I take no pleasure in it. That is the fourth definition I have won this month, and the two dollars is entered against your name.
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