In the old days the nobility would tip the headsman to make a clean job of it. You could say that was a conflict of interest, but it was fully disclosed, since the assembled mob could see the money change hands, and watch as the severed head bounded down the stairs. In some such spirit I accept Candidia's sponsorship of Gifthub, but I don't feel altogether right about it, even if it is an accepted practice in this, our noble trade.
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