Chrysalis

Chapter 1268

Eran Thouris was in her element. Her mind raced, the blood pounded in her veins and she felt as if an electric current were running over her scales.

“This tea is… quite… adequate.”

Seated across from her, the representative of the Deep Coral Conglomerate, Lissa, tried to conceal her pleasure after imbibing the fine drink.

“You might change your mind when I tell you how much it costs.”

She made a gesture with her left hand, a flickering of fingers, and her adversary’s eyes widened.

“That’s… less than I would have expected.”

“If I’m not mistaken, it’s almost half of what your Conglomerate charges for its patented tea blend, is it not?”

“Less than half,” Lissa grated.

“Oh my. I imagine the introduction of this tea to the market will collapse your sales precipitously.”

“Are you suggesting this… swill… is better than our tea?!” Lissa demanded.

“Of course not. It doesn’t quite achieve the same depth of flavour, and the Deep Coral blend is famed throughout Pangera for its rich aroma. This tea gets close, but doesn’t quite match it.”

She smiled and took a deep sip.

“Which is why it's half the price.”

abandon us for this, inferior, monster-created leaf,” Lissa scoffed, but she didn’t quite have the right amount of

they made so much of the stuff. In

have had it too good for too long!” he’d

Lissa,

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they really put this together without

Terraz. “You can see how they have mutated and evolved themselves to excel at a given

the way the Colony made most of their furniture. At present, the ant was processing the raw wood, using her forelegs and mandibles to manipulate and

the ant is doing most of its

“Her measuring.”

case of theft: this story is not rightfully on Amazon; if you spot it,

ants as ‘it’. Such

aware of

measuring, if

“Well, let’s ask.”

mage was stationed for this very purpose, and the two approached him. They

Carpentant says she is using her antennae and forelegs for measuring

extended her

these… markings?”

the leg were evenly spaced marks running up

trivial amount of evolutionary energy for the carvers to maintain a permanent ruler on their legs,”

indicated something, making swift motions with her legs

how, after measuring, she will mark the wood with pheromones to record where to cut. With skillful application, the

nodded to himself,

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