artfight attack for @corrucyst!
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meqou internal I AM PERUSING WISDOM'S MARVELOUS SELECTION OF BRIGHT ARTEFACTS WHEN THE CORRIDOR FALLS QUIET. HUSHED WHISPERS ARE PUNCTUATED BY HEAVY FOOTFALLS I LOOK UP ONLY AS THEY PASS - THE IMPOSING FIGURE OF KUDOALENEV, FLANKED BY A KIVSKIN. THEY ARE HOLDING SOMETHING, A MATTE-BLACK ROD WITH AN ODD EXTRUSION IT WOULD BE RUDE NOT TO GREET THEM, I THINK. NOBODY ELSE HAS meqou oh-- hello, kudoa! meqou internal THEY STOP IN PLACE. AN UNCOMFORTABLY LONG PAUSE PASSES BEFORE THEY WHEEL THEIR HEAD TO FACE ME THEIR EYES TRAIL WITH THE MOTION LIKE STAVIZA-HAIR FROM A WORN BAG. I AM UNSURE IF THEIR COLLECTIVE GLARE IS MEANT TO CONVEY GLEE OR RAGE kudoa MEQOUNESCHE! ME-QOU-NESCHE! IT IS A FINE GAZE FOR AN AU-DIT! A FINE GAZE! A FINE GAZE! meqou you are conducting an audit? kudoa OH, YES! OH, YES! AN AU-DIT IS INDEED IN PRO-GRESS! meqou internal IT IS LIKE THEY ARE SYNCOPATING WITH THE WAY THEY SPEAK THESE WORDS, BUT I HEAR NO SONG THEY RAISE THE ROD SLIGHTLY AND SMACK IT AGAINST THEIR FREE PALM kudoa IT IS AN IMPORTANT MATTER! ALWAYS IM-POR-TANT! meqou yes, i am sure well, ah... have fun! meqou internal THEY GIVE ME A NOD, PERHAPS TOO ENTHUSIASTICALLY, AND CONTINUE ON THEIR WAY WHILE MAINTAINING EYE CONTACT ... AND THEY HAVE DISAPPEARED INTO A TENDRIL A DOMINANCE PLAY? I AM NEVER SURE WITH KUDOA CONVERSATION ONCE AGAIN RESUMES, AND I RETURN TO MY PERUSAL
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