He is "The Vessel." They are "The Seals." A Seal who speaks his birth name is stripped, hosed down in the courtyard, and sent to a "re-education farm" in the northern permafrost. No Seal has ever returned.
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They are the silent statues at the golden doors. The untouched sentinels. The "Daughters of the Absolute." He is "The Vessel
— Excerpt from “Throne of Glass Hearts,” an upcoming investigation into the world’s last living absolute monarchy. hosed down in the courtyard
Not outside. Inside. Two guards on the floor, cross-legged, eyes open. The Dictator claims this is for security. Former staff whisper it’s because he hasn’t slept alone since a 1997 assassination attempt. The girls are his human nightlights.