>>5689475“It isss not enough to sssubsssist on trade, though,” you cocnldue. “hen one isss ssurrounded by eneemiesss—even enemies who might become friendsss—it iss important to be ready to sstand alone. Thisss iss why our Sserpent Queen and the Geologissst shall work together to find a permnanet ssolution to the problem of food production, asss well!”
This is met by approving words and gestures from everyone present—a prudent move, a NECESSARY move, albeit not one that you’re altogether certain of the success of. It’s beyond your ken.
“It is an impossible thing,” your beloved Serpent Queen hisses quietly, in True Speech. “You cannot grow feed from solid rock, any more than you can feed those rocks to animals.”
“This is why I chose the smartest and most capable creature I know of to find a solution,” you say.
She sputters, and mutters reproach of your ‘incompetent flattery’ that ‘would even shame that smug elf’… But she also preens at the compliment, and you can see her mind already working overtime inside that aristocratic dome of hers. And she calls You obvious? Ha!
