The Paper King and the Fool had been at war with each other for many years when the time of choosing came to the Realm of the Heart. The Fool had once worked for the Paper King in his Grand Rail Castle. The people of the Realm of the Heart believed the Rail Castle belonged to them but the Fool knew better.
For long ago the Fool's grandmother had sculpted the hair of the Rail Queen who owned the land the Rail Castle sat upon. The Rail Queen told the Fool's grandmother that she and her family owned the land and leased it to the people of the Realm of the Heart for 200 years. The Paper King bought the land from the family of the Rail Queen and hid the parchment that proved it deep in a tomb of knowledge.
The war between the Fool and the Paper King was a war between a gnat and a giant.
When the Fool uncovered the lie of the Rail Castle, the Paper King used a tall ugly Coin Troll to hid the lie again and made the Coin Troll the False Leader of the Realm of the Heart.
The Fool cost the Paper King millions of coins but it mattered little because the Paper King had billions of coins.
Then it was time to choose between the Lady of Tears and the Talk Queen's Friend for the ruler of the Greater Empire and the Fool and the Paper King were on the same side. The Fool thought the Talk Queen's Friend was best for the children of the Greater Empire and The Paper King was angry that the Lady of Tears didn't buy his paper when her husband the Painter of Blue Fabric ruled the Greater Empire.
The Fool laughed at the idea of the Lady of Tears losing the Empire because she bought the wrong paper.
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