> Their servants are dead Pentans who are quite happy to serve (they
> weren't good enough in their past life to go to Kargzant's tent and
> they know the alternatives to serving the Orathorni are much much
> worse - being eternally masticated in Gorgorma's crevice for example).
Pentan: That doesn't sound so bad...
Orathorni: I said 'mas-ti-cated', you fool! It means 'chewed up'.
Pentan: Oh. Yeah. That's bad. Not what I thought you meant. OK, I'll serve you instead.
Cheers, Nick
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