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Weekly Contest #44
You have a beautiful palace, your majesty. The marble pillars, high vaulting ceilings, the delicate paintings. How far did these carpets and furs travel to reach you? How much did the velvet couches and chairs cost? Do you even know? I doubt my family could afford one of these trinkets, even if we worked our entire lives to reach them. I stood there, in that line outside, waiting for an audience, for nine hours. Your palace sits atop this steep, sloping mountain, the surrounding landscape is dotted with expensive shops and the nobilities’ ba...
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