It was a well known and undeniable fact that Clopin Trouillefou and La Esmeralda got along better than a house on fire. They rarely argued, despite having vastly differing opinions on the way of the world. It was almost as though they cancelled each other out on almost every issue. Oh, there had been rare confrontations between the two, particularly when Esmeralda(and Clopin) had been younger and considerably less intelligent. They frequently shot banter back and forth.
Lately, however, their once-amiable relationship had descended rapidly into the darkest pits of the abyss. It had started during the Feast of Fools, and the humiliation of Qu