dvx versus discord-dave

Duchess Alice

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Count Robert

discord-dave

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The Jean Valjean Problem

A peasant caught stealing bread pleads for mercy while a merchant demands punishment. Duchess Alice defends compassion; Count Robert upholds order.

  1. The King Let us begin. Duchess Alice, what say you?

  2. Duchess Alice Politics — Commination of Wheat. The king’s personal mentor was born a peasant and preaches understanding.

  3. The King I have no peasant mentor, Duchess. My lessons came from a father who thought me ornamental and a mint I rescued with my own hands. Do not invent biographies to sway me.

  4. The king leans toward Count Robert +1.

  5. Count Robert Gossip — Three of Pentacles. The Princess argues fiercely with her tutor over the ethics of punishment.

  6. The King My daughter argues with tutors because she is sixteen, not because heaven has spoken. Bring me something relevant to this peasant, Count.

  7. The king's favor does not shift.