KINGDOM DRAMA — the arguments everyone is having.
The village is divided, and this time it is about the morning bell.
Leo's position: the bell should be rung on a rota, at the same hour, by a responsible adult, in an orderly fashion. He has drawn up the rota. It is, witnesses say, a beautiful document, with columns.
Lupa's position: a howl does the job just as well, wakes everyone just as surely, and requires no rota at all. She demonstrated at dawn on Tuesday. The village confirms it was effective, and also that several teacups rattled.
Invictus, asked to mediate, said only that a war horse rises before any bell or howl, and therefore has no stake in the matter — which is the sort of answer that settles nothing and impresses everyone.
The bell itself, struck once for testing purposes, rang out clear and long over the rooftops, as if to remind the village what all the fuss was about. The debate continues. The rota, meanwhile, remains beautifully blank.
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