Royce's Coffee Mug

A sturdy ceramic mug brimming with steaming black coffee cradled in Robert Royce's grip during the midnight Roosevelt Room showdown. He lifts it with measured calm, sips deliberately to punctuate his blistering rebuke of White House extremism, then sets it down on the polished table—steam curling like fragile truce amid clashing ideologies—as Toby and Sam absorb the seismic offer of seven veto-sustaining votes.

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S3E4 · On the Day Before

Royce Rejects Extremism, Secures FDA Milk Halt for Seven Votes

Royce lifts his sturdy ceramic mug of steaming black coffee with measured calm during his blistering rebuke, sipping deliberately to punctuate the firm rejection of concessions and ideological critique, then sets it down on the table—steam curling symbolically like evaporating compromise amid the high-stakes pivot to a new deal, underscoring his unflappable poise.

Before: Full with steaming black coffee, held in Royce's grip at table head

After: Set down on polished table, steam curling, post-sip partially consumed

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