Diplomacy
The covenant of waters
In 1815, Talleyrand arrived at the Congress of Vienna representing a defeated nation. France had burned Europe for two decades and lost.
There is a specific brand of exhaustion that settles into the bones during a Gulf summer—a heavy, adhesive fatigue born from the endless negotiation between punishing outdoor asphalt and over-refrigerated interiors.
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