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She is slower than the mirror-faced snake, and for some reason it is choosing to chase her, and she is not in dense enough forest to lose it by going up a tree or between a couple too narrowly spaced for it. So it catches her before emergency services can turn up.
And then she is somewhere else, in a not particularly attractive room next to a person who looks sort of off somehow.
"Excuse me," she says, taking a step out of his personal space.
"A neutral alignment isn't that implausible. Of course, he could also have a way to conceal his alignment."
"At this rate I will never translate any books if I want to keep up with what's going on."
"I suspect that figuring out what's going on should be a higher priority than changing local governance. It's - I feel like I would have been more credible on this before the murderers started showing up, but there's not low-hanging fruit."
"We were talking about how her hive mind arrangement works and if there's any prospect of getting in touch with home I will have to warn my Maitimo not to try it."
"No, but it's a thing that went wrong and it's the one that might be relevant in my world since all my Maitimo's loved ones are immortal."
"She doesn't seem very interested in anything outside her empire and I suppose isn't optimistic that you'll eventually be able to contact any of our planes."
"I suppose that isn't surprising. But that doesn't necessarily deprive you of all possible leverage, there's probably something we can agree on and if other people might go to your world..."
"I won't hurt them. I don't consider any of you enemies. I just, you know, figure you're not stupid enough to let me live and not smart enough to entertain me."
"It seems to be about your - category, but explaining why you in particular are playing host might be a separate question."
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