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"She and her husband the King later got executed for feasting while their people starved." 

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Nod nod.

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"What does the transition to democracy even look like with a continuous ruling class, I wonder..."

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"Oh, it just goes from families of blues in charge to electing blues."

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"Yeah, but like--why. How."

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"- well, who else would they elect?"

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"When you don't have a caste system, the answer is usually farther removed from the people you just ousted. I have no idea how it works here." 

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"A lot of blues just own land and don't govern. Or do judiciary, or minor bureaucratic stuff."

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"I guess that makes sense. George Washington was a wealthy landowner. Uh, that's the first President of my country." 

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Kamuor nods.

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"I know less about the dudes who took power after the French Revolution." 

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"Well, I certainly can't help you there."

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"Yeah, didn't expect so. I guess it probably makes more sense if I take a closer look at your history." 

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"There's loads of it. I think we spent more time on history than anything else in school and I still don't know all of it even in broad strokes."

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"Huh, is that a blue thing?" 

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"Greens presumably learn history too. Greys probably at least cover military history."

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"My school covered history but not that much history." 

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"There's only so much time, and every year there's more history!"

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"Well, yeah, but there's not that much studiable history in a single year! ...More in one of your years, I guess, but still." 

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"It's not just that there's more things that have happened, we also learn more about past years all the time."

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"Well, that's fair enough, archaeology being what it is. How long is your recorded history?"

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"It's the year 3423. I don't think we had proper writing as far back as year 1, but there were tally marks."

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"...Huh. Are you counting from anything in particular?" 

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"When someone had the bright idea to count springs, I guess. Some people think the first twelve years or so were backdated, like someone was like 'I'm twelve, so there have been at least twelve years, so let's start at twelve'."

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"Huh. How'd everyone else come to use this system? Just lotsa cultural imperialism?" 

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