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.”

leaf,” Lissa scoffed, but she didn’t quite have the right

tea didn’t quite measure up in terms of quality, but they made so much of the stuff. In this instance, Satrap Umizan had been

good for too long!” he’d declared,

Lissa, squirm,

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they really put

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

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

is doing most of

“Her measuring.”

case of theft: this story is not rightfully on Amazon; if

it was important that their customers not refer to the ants as ‘it’. Such terminology ‘otherised’ the Colony, making them seem cold and more

perfectly aware of

measuring, if you

“Well, let’s ask.”

two approached him. They relayed their question,

crafter Carpentant says she is using her antennae and forelegs

to them and extended her

markings?”

inside of the leg were evenly spaced marks running up to a

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

the wood once more and indicated something, making swift motions with

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

nodded to himself,

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