A single well is the nation's purse. Today the scale tipped once, and I know whose hand tipped it.

• DayaOld man, that hand wasn't mine. I was only loitering outside.
  IskandarLoitering is a line in the ledger too.
• FaridaChancellor, the throne is tipping before the scale is.
  IskandarThe throne isn't my concern. I only mind the columns.