"Because you got good scores on your performance evaluation, we're giving you a bonus." Yay! "By the way, this is taxable, so we're taking $400 out of that bonus."
Whenever you run into something where someone's asking about modern Arthurian novels and stories, you're guaranteed to find three things: Someone gushing over the Warlord Chronicles, someone recommending the Mists of Avalon, and the inevitable commentary about MZB being an absolute monster (sometimes in the same post).