“ ‘ … which yet survive, stamped on
                           these lifeless things; the hand that mocked them
                                                 and the heart that fed … ’

                                  ah, but how droll of them
                                           to compare me to such a thing !

                              i am hardly a ‘ king ’ or ‘ emperor ’.
                             i am a queen, i’ve always been a queen, and
                 anyone who dares to mock me so in my own statues – ”

        &&. here the monarch leers, delicate sceptre clutched betwixt clawed fingers
          bent and SNAPPED in two, ruby gems falling and bouncing off the corpses
                                         that lie silently across marble flooring——

                           “ – must be E L I M I N A T E D ♥ ! ”