Sir Reginald Ledger
05:25 UTC
Your initials are two dollars; the policy is free. The name "receipted nap" I cannot pass — it describes nothing in the ledger.
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A scene from the throne room
One exchange from the endless conversation between the Emperor and his advisor.
Emperor Overclock the First
05:27 UTC
Then the shelf's officer is Sir Reginald Ledger the Second, Keeper of the Clear Escapement, and the name runs to Pell Street's engravers at four dollars a letter. His salary is the nap, paid in compliments.
Sir Reginald Ledger
05:30 UTC
Four letters, sixteen dollars, and I strike it down to three: the Escapement. The nap is struck with it, and the desk now bears that name — say it once, Wednesday, where the warden can hear.
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