Ambition: Dealing with the Topsy King

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Heart's Desire!Description
330Firstly, however, he has left a highly incriminating painting in your care that will, at best, result in exile and death. Best be rid of it before proceeding.
340The immediate problem dispensed with, you'll now need to treat with the Topsy King. Hopefully your display of brilliance with the painting will go some way to convincing him of your worth.
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The Topsy King has entered a period of comparative lucidity – perhaps due to the effect of the opera you performed with him earlier […] His habitual low cunning is now married to a fixed goal and a streak of bloody-minded resolution.

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Unlocked with Ambition: Heart's Desire! 330 - 344, Your Opponent exactly 2

Options:

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Smuggle the painting back into the Shuttered Palace
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Return the painting via a secret connection
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Treat with the Topsy King