Karla looked confused. "Of course there are," she said. "Why wouldn't there be? Serving in a Court is a job like any other. Your contract stipulates how long your tenure of service is to last, how much you'll get paid, a rough idea of your duties...This way, even a selfish or greedy Queen can't get away with skimping her Court or overworking them or forcing them to do jobs that are demeaning or something."

Why was everyone so confused by this? What kind of Courts did this world have?