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[–] 16 points 4 days ago (3 children)

I'm assuming the peasant messenger boy needs me to read the letter to him bc he's illiterate, but you don't need to be literate to look at an illustration unless it has parts labelled? And he's hoping that the writing makes it important? If its just an illustration tho then I'd call the little peasant messenger boy a fucking idiot for wasting my time

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  • [–] 43 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

    Messenger bot (edit: BOY, goddammit!) didn't open the letter bc he knew he wasn't going to be able to read it and also he has no authority to go around opening the messages he carries. You on the other hand are an arrogant bastard, so you boldly open it. You show the lad the Onion, he knows what an onion is, and you tell him it's a symbol for all the layers of corruption in the aristocracy, which he's also seen that firsthand. You tell him there will be a new kind of messages, not for individual lords but for all the lowly people, which will peel away the layers and expose the corrupt to the ridicule of the masses, bringing laughter and ideas of revolution into their lives.

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