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Jensal has a lot of work to do. Her house is going to collapse; nobody had better be inside when it does. She is briskly bundling adult miracles into groups who have at least one decent job between them, she is writing to agencies that handle adoption for the ultimate disposition of kids who don't get picked up because she's reasonably sure that they will not all get picked up, and when parents do drop by to collect their little ones she is signing papers for every set of them with slightly gritted teeth. Lots to do. Her hand is cramping from paperwork and she doesn't care.
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"...If it were, I don't know, lime-scented? I guess that doesn't really close the gap."
Finnah giggles.
After Alys's work day is over, she calls her line rep.
The Laikal line rep calls Iftha, the gold representative.
And Iftha goes to find Piro. Knock knock.
"Yes?"
"If you were considering waiting until the miracle workers were done, and then doing something along the lines of healing your bonds with your family, don't bother."
"...Excuse me?"
"The miracle workers have cured all of the shrens except one who, unaccountably, said no thank you, and that would be your son's child."
She's annoyed about having to pass this information on to Piro because he won't talk to his child, but not annoyed enough to refer to the shren as "your grandson", that would just be rude.
She's annoyed about having to pass this information on to Piro because he won't talk to his child, but not annoyed enough to refer to the shren as "your grandson", that would just be rude.
"Don't look at me like that. Anyway, if you need to skip the next meeting to process the disappointment, my other news item is that the last shren has also invented something called 'Reform Draconic' and got the miracle workers to -" Vague gesture. "Instantiate it."
"Cimalaikal didn't give me a lot of detail about it. Sirasiahr."
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"I... see."
He frowns.
He makes a different face, this one not directed at Iftha, for which Iftha should probably be grateful because it is a hell of a face.
"I wonder if there is a jurisdiction in which I can have the last shren arrested for assault over this," he growls.
He frowns.
He makes a different face, this one not directed at Iftha, for which Iftha should probably be grateful because it is a hell of a face.
"I wonder if there is a jurisdiction in which I can have the last shren arrested for assault over this," he growls.
"...Assault?" says Iftha.
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"Ugh. I won't subject you to it. Don't think too hard about shrens in the vicinity of Reform Draconic," he advises.
"...I'll take your word for it. Anyway, that's all I know, do your own job if you have any questions." She turns on her heel with a little wave.
The council notes-taker (a copper some thousand years old) nips over to his house after the meeting he skips. "Pirodeynan, sir? I have the meeting notes for you to look over."
"Ifthaeumee said to add that nothing new to you came up."
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He growls under his breath, but nods. And, because it is actually his job, he actually looks over the meeting notes.
The notetaker waits, in case Piro has any questions.
The notes say (adjusted for formality of language):
- There is a Last Shren. It's Mialavar, you know, that infected silver parunia shren who is Piro's grandson (he wasn't there, they went ahead and were rude). The miracle workers let him turn the cure down.
- There was a proposal to attempt to get a miracle that is not attached to the miracle workers and fix Mial anyway; presumably no one would reverse the miracle once they got it, right, and he'd be grateful afterwards, they imagine. This is eventually decided against, mostly because no one wishes to antagonize the miracle workers what with their possession of miracles, and Mial can't infect anyone, so if he wants to be terrible and a shren he may continue, they guess, ugh.
- The Last Shren (he has a title now, being so singular and sufficiently talked about: Draconic summarizes him as shren alyemi, that which means to eternally plague us in a shrenlike fashion) is as immortal as the dragons. Hence the "eternal".
- Also he spoke to the miracle workers about something and now there is something called Sirasiahr which - there is a smear on the notes at this point. There is a margin note: "Many council members experience alarm. Reason not written for sake of propriety."
- The council concludes that the miracle workers are probably trying to help, sort of, but they're Really Not Dragons, Are They. They would not like to invite any miracle workers onto Dragon Island again if this can be avoided.
- Iftha is commended for her willingness to relay messages from shren alyemi.
The notes say (adjusted for formality of language):
- There is a Last Shren. It's Mialavar, you know, that infected silver parunia shren who is Piro's grandson (he wasn't there, they went ahead and were rude). The miracle workers let him turn the cure down.
- There was a proposal to attempt to get a miracle that is not attached to the miracle workers and fix Mial anyway; presumably no one would reverse the miracle once they got it, right, and he'd be grateful afterwards, they imagine. This is eventually decided against, mostly because no one wishes to antagonize the miracle workers what with their possession of miracles, and Mial can't infect anyone, so if he wants to be terrible and a shren he may continue, they guess, ugh.
- The Last Shren (he has a title now, being so singular and sufficiently talked about: Draconic summarizes him as shren alyemi, that which means to eternally plague us in a shrenlike fashion) is as immortal as the dragons. Hence the "eternal".
- Also he spoke to the miracle workers about something and now there is something called Sirasiahr which - there is a smear on the notes at this point. There is a margin note: "Many council members experience alarm. Reason not written for sake of propriety."
- The council concludes that the miracle workers are probably trying to help, sort of, but they're Really Not Dragons, Are They. They would not like to invite any miracle workers onto Dragon Island again if this can be avoided.
- Iftha is commended for her willingness to relay messages from shren alyemi.
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"I see they got hit with the word," Piro snorts. "I warned Iftha. Hard to avoid thinking about it, though."
(On a level far, far below conscious awareness, he experiences a flare of pride.)
(On a level far, far below conscious awareness, he experiences a flare of pride.)