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1. Prefect Of Measured Stasis

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   The Absurdity of Precision
   A frequently cited, yet poorly understood, aspect of the office is the mandatory calibration of office furnishings. Every Prefect is required to possess a desk carved from petrified bog-oak, the surface of which must maintain an absolute flatness deviation no greater than $10^{-12}$ meters across its entire surface area. This requirement, established in the Edict of Level Surfaces (129 AE), is justified by the theory that even minute deviations in desk topography can cause subtle gravitational lensing effects that corrupt t…