The King of Stuff:

Is the bloody fool trying to startle me to death? If I wanted spectacle I'd have used the Court magicians. Or opticians. Is there something symbolic about pelicans I'm missing or what? He'd better have a good explanation for this ridiculousness. I knew it would have been better if he had never come back.

In the Court of the King & Queen of Stuff
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