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Each a different dismal one, his language apt to smother. | Each a different dismal one, his language apt to smother. | ||
{{Script|Nuncle}}: We understand them not. Nor do they one other. | {{Script|Nuncle}}: We understand them not. Nor do they one other. | ||
{{Script|Inclusivia}}: | {{Script|Inclusivia}}: “His”? | ||
{{script|Complicatio}}: Pray forgiveness, Lady Inclusivia. Hers as well. | {{script|Complicatio}}: Pray forgiveness, Lady Inclusivia. Hers as well. | ||
{{Script|Inclusivia}}: And theirs. | {{Script|Inclusivia}}: And theirs. | ||
{{script|Complicatio}}: Yea, this is our strife: this bewild’ring ’scape | {{script|Complicatio}}: Aye, them as well. Yea, this is our strife: this bewild’ring ’scape | ||
Of contraptions yoked and tethered as a | Of contraptions yoked and tethered as a many gender’d beast — | ||
Upon whose discombobulating backs our common fate depends. | Upon whose discombobulating backs our common fate depends. | ||
And, O! Dilemma! The very men who work these chainèd cranks — | And, O! Dilemma! The very men who work these chainèd cranks — | ||
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{{Script|Queen}}: The heavens doth anoint! | {{Script|Queen}}: The heavens doth anoint! | ||
{{script|Complicatio}}: Milady? | {{script|Complicatio}}: Milady? | ||
{{Script|Nuncle}}: Pray, spare | {{Script|Nuncle}}: Pray, spare your testy conjugation: | ||
Their majesty doth get the point. | Their majesty doth get the point. | ||
{{script|Queen}}: It is a pretty speech so far. But has it any meat? | {{script|Queen}}: It is a pretty speech so far. But has it any meat? | ||
{{script|Inclusivia}}: Or their leguminous alternatives. | |||
{{script|Complicatio}}: I — we — they — am and are and are obliged. | {{script|Complicatio}}: I — we — they — am and are and are obliged. | ||
They whose allied cadence powers our truck — | They whose allied cadence powers our truck — |