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
they would. The Colony’s tea didn’t quite measure up in terms of quality, but they made so
had it too good for too long!” he’d declared, radiating
Lissa, squirm, she
~~~
they really put
being a monster is an advantage,” Eran informed the Flowing Wave Conglomerate representative, Terraz. “You can see how they have mutated and evolved themselves
of their furniture. At present, the ant was processing the raw wood, using her forelegs and
the ant is doing most of its measuring
“Her measuring.”
rightfully on Amazon; if you spot it,
ants as ‘it’. Such terminology ‘otherised’ the Colony, making them seem cold and
his eyes, perfectly aware of
measuring, if you
“Well, let’s ask.”
a mage was stationed for this very purpose, and the two approached him. They relayed their question, and the mage then turned to the crafts-ant to
using her antennae and forelegs
in question turned to them and extended her front
these… markings?”
inside of the leg were evenly spaced marks running up to
to maintain a permanent ruler on their legs,”
turned to the wood once more and indicated something, making swift motions with her legs
now she is demonstrating how, after measuring, she will mark the wood with pheromones to record where to cut. With skillful application, the scent trails can be
to himself,
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