'"Work,"' it said. '"Work work work work work. Do you know what normal people do after dismantling a thirty-one-year corruption network?"'
"Walk to the throne room," Elara said, quietly enough that the guards flanking her assumed she was talking to herself. They had, over three months, developed a comprehensive professional policy of not noticing when she did this.
'"They REST,"' the System said. '"They celebrate! They eat something with multiple courses! They sit in a garden and say 'well done, me' at the sky! They do NOT schedule six additional meetings and a collar review for the same morning!"'
"The collar review is important," Elara said.
'"Everything is ALWAYS important with you!"'
