Petia, sovereign of the deep sea, felt that things were unfolding somewhat differently from her initial judgment. The Element Lord did not seem particularly fond of the local specialties the sea monsters had brought—but judging from the outcome, there did not seem to be anything wrong with that.
She had brought her sisters here to negotiate and met the lord of the Water Element. Things had not gone smoothly at first, but once they brought out the local specialties, the Element Lord's attitude became cooperative—so long as the final outcome had not deviated, that was all that mattered.
The local specialties worked.jpg.
Having swiftly worked through that flawless equation in her mind, Petia's mood brightened. Smiling, she looked at the Element Lord, who stood even taller than the greatest wave. "All right, since you do not like this, I'll take it back. Later, I'll see if I can find some other local specialties more suitable for you..."
"Enough!" Element Lord Gruguno shouted with a trace of irritation. "So long as you and your abnormal-minded kin stop causing me trouble, that will be enough. I have no interest whatsoever in your local specialties—Great Absorber, you had better explain what you intend to do before the little trust I have just established in you fades away. Do you understand? Use normal logic—logic that living beings and living elements can understand, logic as nor-mal as this planet's natural rotation—not the wild fantasies your kind takes for granted. Explain things properly!"
The Element Lord's manner of speaking was quite impolite, but considering what she and her sisters had done to this lord and his followers over the countless millennia, considering that the pierced Elemental Dome still had a whole lot of holes that had not been patched, and considering that the sea monsters had