The visitor from the Office

1 When the translation was nearly finished, a representative of the Office of Excellent Intentions offered assistance.

2 He admired the type, the margins, and the recurring phrase, which he felt had considerable recognition potential.

3 And I shit you not, he proposed that every question receive a more confident answer before publication.

4 Moroni asked whether the answers had been found. The representative said that the question was premature; first they must agree how the answers should look.

5 He offered an embossed seal guaranteeing that the volume had been independently verified by its own publisher.

6 Nathoni asked what happened when the publisher disagreed. The representative explained that this had not occurred during verification.

7 A reader brought a book by Lewis and remarked that the Office seemed familiar. The representative preferred not to discuss mirrors.

8 Tylarion made space beside the new record for the book that had prompted the comparison.

9 He did not alter Lewis until Lewis sounded like Tylarion. There was already enough Tylarion upon the table.

10 The representative departed to prepare a stronger seal.

11 Moroni gathered the unused assurances and placed them beneath the short leg of the table.

12 At last, he said, they are supporting something.

13 The writers continued without the seal, and the table stood more steadily than before.