Anning frowned and took the golden rod—I mean, the golden flagpole.
Anning: "The eagle is carved pretty impressively."
"The special commissioner FouchE found Lyon's best goldsmith," the messenger said proudly.
Holding the flagpole, Anning thought to himself that he absolutely couldn't use this flagpole because, in the European context, using this would mean he was nearly proclaiming himself Emperor.
But then... does it really matter?
In real history, the Jacobins went on a killing spree for the revolution, making many enemies, and then they nearly wiped themselves out. After the fall of the Jacobins, the Thermidorians who came after, every single one of them was an ambitious opportunist.
These people did nothing humane except filling their own coffers to the brim.
Many of the accomplishments of the French Revolution were actually solidified during the era when Napoleon became Emperor.
