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From: An indecorous argument


The Empress' prohibition on noise is most inconvenient. You should not let the Wit's barbs go without retort. She probably appreciates being challenged, rather than deferred to, after all.


Success

"Keeper of cowardly weasels!"

Your words lash out, stinging the Barbed Wit. […] She […] responds with an equal intensity. […]

[…] Before the servants come to throw you out, you share a long, long look with the Barbed Wit. You have not seen that particular smile before.

Description summary:
You respond in kind, something that happens rarely to the Barbed Wit, and the argument rapidly becomes heated. The ensuing shouting match shocks bystanders and prompts the servants to eject you from the Palace, but not before the Wit confirms with a curious smile that she has enjoyed this.

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