Last thing I will say about "WHO WANTS TO BE THE EMPEROR?" (thank you all for listening) is that, looking through old drafts, I think it's really funny that I was determined to keep this exchange in. Like it isn't fantastic or anything, but I was trying to keep it right up until the end:
LENORA: "What about you, hmmm? Let’s say you were emperor for a minute. What would you do?"
YOU: "If I were emperor... "
YOU: "I'd pay the mansum of every servant in Rheme."
LENORA: "Ah, but isn't it funny? You can pay it, but it doesn't mean they'll go free. Not even the emperor can whittle a person from a piece of furniture."
I also had this opening, that I had to cut (for the best, I think):