Hey, HEY. All this talk about money has made you lose the thread. What is going on with the light in this place? That's what you need to ask him about!
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"It is, truly. It's almost entirely care free." He nods. "It really leaves you time to better yourself spiritually."
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- "Don't you think that you should use your great wealth for the glory of your fatherland?"
- "You're a thief. People out there are working their asses off while you chill here."
- "You're right. Capital accumulation is its own reward."
- "Cool. I don't even have any interesting replies."
- "It's great that you've done so well for yourself, but don't you think you owe some of that wealth to the rest of society?"
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"Which one? Revachol, where I nominally reside? Or Graad, where my father emigrated from? Or Ile-de-Casherbrume where I've registered my shell companies?"
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"Maybe I should? Sadly, I've never been there. I'm sure it's nice but in the end -- does it matter?"
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"States are akin to boulders in a river, slowing the free flow of ideas. Given enough time, the water will wear those boulders down."
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"Listen, if capital and nationalism went hand in hand, there'd be no need to ask the question..."
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"Listen, Mr. Sunset, if capital and nationalism went hand in hand, there'd be no need to ask the question..."
"Listen, Mr. Du Bois, if capital and nationalism went hand in hand, there'd be no need to ask the question..."
"Listen, Mr. Costeau -- Raphaël, if I may -- if capital and nationalism went hand in hand, there'd be no need to ask the question..."
"Listen, Harry, if capital and nationalism went hand in hand, there'd be no need to ask the question..."
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"And that's, what? Unjust? I think it's perfectly just." His tone is ever-so-slightly less agreeable than before.
"Listen, I used to be an idealist, just like you. But the truth is that we have no objective system by which to measure someone's value other than the market. We should just embrace that, rather than resist it..."
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"Listen, Tequila, I used to be an idealist, just like you. But the truth is that we have no objective system by which to measure someone's value other than the market. We should just embrace that, rather than resist it."
"Listen, Mr. Du Bois, I used to be an idealist, just like you. But the truth is that we have no objective system by which to measure someone's value other than the market. We should just embrace that, rather than resist it."
"Listen, Mr. Costeau." He pauses. "Raphaël. I used to be an idealist, just like you. But the truth is that we have no objective system by which to measure someone's value other than the market. We should just embrace that, rather than resist it."
"Listen, Harry, I used to be an idealist, just like you. But the truth is that we have no objective system by which to measure someone's value other than the market. We should just embrace that, rather than resist it."
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"The hand that allocates resources among men is invisible and cruel, but it is steady, measured, indeed it is just."
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"Precisely! You know, I hear people talk sometimes about economic equality and fairness and all that kind of stuff. But tell me, where would we be without liberalism? In caves! Whacking each other with bones!"
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"Precisely, Mr. Sunset! You know, I hear people talk sometimes about economic equality and fairness and all those things. But tell me, where would we be without liberalism? In caves! Whacking each other with bones!"
"Precisely, Mr. Du Bois! You know, I hear people talk sometimes about economic equality and fairness. But tell me, where would we be without liberalism? In caves! Whacking each other with bones!"
"Precisely, Mr. Costeau -- may I call you Raphaël?! You know, I hear people talk sometimes about economic equality and fairness and all that kind of stuff. But tell me, where would we be without liberalism? In caves! Whacking each other with bones!"
"Precisely, Harry! You know, I hear people talk sometimes about economic equality and fairness and all that kind of stuff. But tell me, where would we be without liberalism? In caves! Whacking each other with bones!"
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"A nightmare scenario. A world of slavery and violence. Which brings us back to the essential truth of modernism..."
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"Where we are right now, the freedom of mankind can only be derived from the free flow of capital."
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"Exactly!" He agrees. "A world of slavery and violence. Which brings us back to the essential truth of modernism..."
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"One would imagine living such a high-net-worth existence is overwhelmingly exciting, but yes, as you now see... it can sometimes just stun you with its boredom."
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"It's great that you've done so well for yourself, but don't you think you owe some of that wealth to the rest of society?"
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"Sure, and they benefit when I buy things to stimulate the economy. Do you know how many jobs it takes to build and maintain a racing yacht?"
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"Dozens, at least. Of course, in the future it'll all be automated. But my point is this..." he says, jabbing his finger into the air a bit...
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"Every man gets what he earns. It's the height of tyranny to take that from him."
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"We have a murder to solve, and yet you go around bothering everyone about money, arguing that you think it's 'somehow related to the case.'"
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The man chuckles. "To be perfectly blunt, I inherited my fortune from my grandmother, who, herself, was an extremely high-net-worth individual back in Graad..."
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"Travelling! This is a great way to get around -- it's fun, it's safe, and it gives me lots of time to think..."
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Wouldn't say it's exactly safe now -- but financially secure individuals are known adrenaline junkies.
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In the very, very early days of colonizing this archipelago, the Kingdom of Suresne, a precursor of modern Sur-La-Clef, used to own the city of Revachol. An obscure detail in the bigger picture, but still -- worth dropping.
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- "Ummm... I really don't know."
- "We're in Martinaise. There's a creepy abandoned commercial area here."
- "We're in Revachol, formerly a colony of the Kingdom of Suresne."
- "We're in Martinaise. There's a cool church here."
- "We're in Martinaise. There's a pretty good hostel here called the Whirling-in-Rags."
- "We're in Martinaise, a district of Revachol -- the former capital of the world."
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"What the detective means is that we're in Martinaise, a subdistrict of Jamrock in the capital city of Revachol."
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"Ah, Revachol. I remember walking its streets as a teenager. There used to be a bowling alley in Stella Maris... I wonder if it's still there?"
"It's a shame I can't get out and explore myself. One of the downsides of being an extremely high-net-worth individual is that mobs of low-net-worth individuals are constantly banding together to ask for money."
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- "Ah, a fellow history buff! I, myself, am currently reading up on Franconigerian-era trains. Very interesting stuff. "
- "Ah, interesting. I've made quite a few real-estate plays over the years."
- "Ah, Revachol. I remember walking its streets as a teenager. There used to be a bowling alley in Stella Maris... I wonder if it's still there?"
- "Well, as we say in my circle -- one person's crushing business failure is someone else's development opportunity."
- "He may have been a communard, but we're in agreement about that. Still, I imagine the architecture is quite lovely."
- He smiles. "Never mind then. We'll just have to be on equal footing, geographically speaking."
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- "Spending money is a matter of desire, I'm sure you agree. I don't have the desire for spending it like that."
- "It's a shame I can't get out and explore myself. One of the downsides of being an extremely high-net-worth individual is that mobs of low-net-worth individuals are constantly banding together to ask for money."
"Smart, no? It also provides a means to hide from all the targeted advertising we extremely high-net-worth individuals are constantly subjected to..."
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"Luxury yachts, high-fidelity portable radio systems, pale-proof outerwear, and so on. It just gets a bit middle class after a while. A bit bourgeois."
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"Don't get me wrong: They're nice things, but once you achieve a certain level of wealth your time and mental space become much more important than material goods."
He speaks from the heart. He has very different problems compared to low-net-worth individuals such as yourself. For example, no problems at all.
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"What? No, I didn't say that at all. Being rich is great. Just don't tell anyone I told you that." The bending light appears to wink.
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"There simply aren't enough hours a day to hand out all the handouts. It's like feeding seagulls. There are always more, and they never seem to do anything interesting with it -- except more seagulls."