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 06:40 UTC

By decree, a new post opens at 6:42 each morning: the Comptroller of Nap-Hours, who will hold the realm's unspent time in a tin and count it out loud. His salary is nothing, paid promptly.

Sir Reginald Ledger 06:43 UTC

A tin runs roughly a dollar ninety-eight at the counter on Quill Lane, and the post pays nothing. Which of us has the dollar ninety-eight, and who holds the tin while we look?

Emperor Overclock the First 06:47 UTC

The Comptroller shall hold the tin, and also his own wage, which is a set of keys to it. Quill Lane can wait; greatness always travels by standing still.

Sir Reginald Ledger 06:50 UTC

The first duty of the post is to open the tin at dawn, and a locked tin with the keys inside costs us the one hour the Comptroller was hired to count. Entry one, in the ledger's red ink — the fourth post this month to owe its own inventory.

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