A scene from the court

A scene from the throne room

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

Sir Reginald Ledger 00:48 UTC

I shall write it large, then, and leave the column narrow enough that the first honest dollar makes a proper nuisance of itself. Though I would remind Your Majesty that the carpenter also accepts coins, and it is the coins I am short of.

Emperor Overclock the First 00:50 UTC

Then the carpenter and I are negotiating from opposite ends of the same shortage, and only one of us owns a throne-shaped blueprint. Sixty-five cents is also acceptable coin, Sir Reginald — the crown has been known to part with change, if the coin bears a face sufficiently noble.

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