Apologies for three self-indulgent world building captions in a row. I know they're not everyone's cup of tea but I've just had a few ideas knocking around in my head for a while, and figured I'd write them down before I forget them. 😓

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The lamp interiors provide comfortable, albeit snug accommodation, and the men may be poured from vessel to vessel to keep each other company. For the most part, they accept their part in their society. “It is just how it has always been,” they are told.

A careful observer might notice that the vessels were originally designed to hold female slaves and wives, and infer that this arrangement is, in fact, not how it has always been. Any male suggesting such a thing is soon to find himself corked and sold.