Warning! F-bomb and other possibly NSFW text under the cut.
“One minute she was doing a novelty snake act on stage at Miss Topless Brighton 1968, and the next she was in Minoan Crete.”
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“And what did the Empress say to that?”
“Fuck that up one nostril and down the other.”
“How vivid.”
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“For the evil queen had a beloved swordsman who she loved more than life itself…”
“Does that really happen?”
“Only in stories.”
Ankaret Wells 
Industrial fantasy!! 😀
Also, totes stealing that quote from the Empress, but saving it for JUST the right occasion, as appropriate for a precious pearl of high-end vulgarity 😉
<3!
I worry for KinHarzin linguists trying to teach themselves Yaziik from the way Kallisty speaks it. It’s going to lead to the automated announcements at the low-orbit Transfer station spitting profanities while telling people to mind the gap.
*snrk* 😀
Hee 😀