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listening. Terms apply. Welcome to Noble Blood, a production of IHeart Radio and Grim and

Mild from Aaron Manky. Listener discretion advised.

It was a celebratory night in Rome in 39 AD. Dignitaries were arriving at the new Glitzy Palace.

The wine was flowing freely, and the night's guest of honor was getting his final touch-ups.

He was dressed in exquisite royal purple, a jewel-studded collar, glistening around his long

regal neck. Though this famed individual was not fluent in the tongues spoken by his team of servants, he was a keen observer

of body language, and from their meticulous combing of his magnificent mane of hair, he could sense

that something was special that night. As the particularly raucous din of the commencing banquet echoed through

the marble halls, the guest of honor couldn't hold it in any longer. He let out a curious winnie

because the VIP of this party, in Katatus, was not a normal ruler or aristocrat. He was a horse.

Many horses would spook when walking into such an uproarious dinner party such as this one,

but not in katatus. After all, this was his house. The event was taking place at the

grand palatial stables, which had been built in his honor, and he had hosted numerous events

where members of the emperor's inner circle gorged themselves and toasted him with golden goblets.

Even the scents of many guests, especially the renowned chariot drivers, were thoroughly

familiar to Incatatus due to all of his time spent competing at the track.

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