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Aurel Kanda is the Voice of the City, an exceptional diplomat and specialist in truths that adapt to the room. He could tell three contradictory versions of the same event with enough confidence to make them applaud together. Aurel never lied. He adjusted the facts to the audience, the weather and whoever was still alive.

His honor was beyond reproach, particularly in the autobiographies he edited himself. He had negotiated peace before the war, saved the city before the danger and delivered several historic speeches before the corresponding events. The archives confirmed everything because Aurel had thoughtfully supplied the records along with the story.

Whenever a contradiction appeared, he explained that his words had been taken out of context. When the full context was released, he denounced the manipulation of that context. His portrait on the 10-Zen banknote was therefore an obvious choice: a banknote is a piece of paper that claims to have value until everyone agrees to believe it.