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This is the flag of Revachol the Suzerainty.

That's good to know. [Discard thought.]

What's with the sun?

This isn't just one sun, but there are little suns dancing around the big sun. This is the Sevenfold Sun Miracle.

What's the Sevenfold Sun Miracle?

It's an optical atmospheric anomaly the first settlers saw. Happens in cold weather: six small suns around the big one. This complex halo-phenomena is how old Revachol got its flag.

It is but one of the many strange optic-atmospheric phenomenon on this wondrous archipelago. You're sure you once saw sundogs -- in your youth. And blue flares....

"Lieutenant -- the old flag of the Suzerain." (Point)

"Mhm." He looks around the apartment. "The tenant is an old fashioned guy."

By 'old fashioned' he means 'very right wing'.

Don't bow to the flag. [Finish thought.]

The flag doesn't seem to mind, it's just a colourful fabric with a sun sewn onto it. Like all feudal flags, it looks like a children's drawing.

Bow down before the flag. [Finish thought.]

The lieutenant does not bow to the flag -- it accepts your salute with quiet dignity.

It is not my flag, he thinks -- my flag is the signal blue of the Zone of Control.

The flag accepts your honourable salute with quiet dignity.