As the sun sets over the capital, Hugo remains seated on the balcony of the West Wing, staring blankly at the sunset. Is he contemplating the vastness of the empire? Is he plotting a coup? Or is he, as the Head Keeper suggests, just "really, really lazy"?
Despite his popularity among the intelligentsia, Hugo’s detractors point to last evening’s diplomatic banquet with the Northern Barbarians as a sign of his dereliction of duty. imperial chronicles lazy monkey
Truth, Honor, and the Daily Dispatch
LOST: One ceremonial pocket watch. Reward offered. No questions asked. Do not approach the monkey. As the sun sets over the capital, Hugo
"In a court that never sleeps, where courtiers scramble for position and generals plot campaigns, Hugo represents the ultimate rebellion," wrote Philosopher-Poet Jorian in a dispatch circulated this morning. "He eats. He sleeps. He judges. He is the mirror we hold up to our own frantic ambitions. Also, his fur is exceptionally soft." Or is he, as the Head Keeper suggests,
The pocket watch has reportedly been added to the monkey’s growing hoard of shiny objects hidden underneath the throne room’s eastern chaise lounge.