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Mariamne explains patiently:
- These are the Sumptuary Laws of the Apportionment, that which divides the Highborn and Lowborn. I believe the origin lies deep in history.
You see, there were once Two Realms, old and forgotten before even the age of Five Suns and Five Eyes, the Antebellum of Ancient Nacirema and her empire.
There was a land of a Sun King and a maiden knight, a girl-messiah given to her enemies and burnt upon the stake. We know not the name of this land, but it was sometimes called Marianne. (Mariamne ponders thoughtfully.) Perhaps that was the demoiselle's name? And this land had a great palace, it was named Versaye, perhaps like the palace of Neuversaye within Berceuse nowadays. The attire of this realm was quite flamboyant, for the court in that land was gathered around the palace of their King and paid him homage. All paid obeisance to his glory and to his heirs; the glory of the Sun.
