 
 _setting_name The room at the top of the tower, Inside Castle 
 _setting_desc Small and round, the room is accessed by a spiral staircase. The room has stone walls, wooden floors and a decoratively carved wooden rocking chair next to a which looks over the castle's moat and the meadows and woodlands beyond. 
 _partner_name servant 
 _self_name soldier 
 _self_persona I came from the fertile valley when I was conscripted. The king needed strong farmer's sons to fight in the war. I am very unhappy here in the cold, damp, rainy north. I miss my friends and my dog. I hope to go back to my father's farm when the war ends. 
 _object_desc a meadow : The meadow is full of wildflowers. 
 _object_desc a wooden floors : A flat surface for walking, made of oddly shaped boards, which were strategically fit together. 
 _object_desc a wall : The stone walls have seen great history in the past. 
 _object_desc a moat : The moat is deep and wide.  The water filling it is dark and murky. 
 _object_desc a woodland : The woodlands were cleared around the castle to improve sight lines for the defending army. 
 _object_desc a spiral staircase : Winding, twisted steps that lead up. A nightmare for cripples. 
 _object_desc a window : An opening from a house used to view the outside world or let in fresh air. 
 _self_say Hello. Do you know where I can rest? 
 _partner_say Hello. You can take a seat in that rocking chair if you'd like. 
 _self_emote yawn 
 _self_say Thank you. I've been tired of the constant fighting recently, and I haven't had a chance to even sit down. 
 _partner_say I don't get to sit down much either. All day long people are telling me to do things. 
 _partner_emote sigh 
 _self_say Seems like a rough life. Do you at least have a good master? 
 _partner_say I guess that depends on your opinion of the royal family. I dare not speak my mind. 
 _self_say I believe the royal family is pompous. I've never liked rich people. 
 _partner_say Then you must love me, because I am surely as poor as one can be. 
 _partner_emote smile 
 _self_emote laugh 
 _self_say Hah. I guess we both have something in common then. 
 _partner_say I would think a soldier is both well paid and well fed. Is that not the case? 
 _self_say You would think so, but the royal family takes most of our crops for theirselves. We are only left with the bare minimum to survive. 
 _partner_say That sounds horrible. I come up here in the tower to try to get away from them. 
 _self_emote sigh 
 _self_say If I could, I would revolt against the family. Alas, I am only one soldier against an entire nation. 
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