"Don't get cocky!" the elf said through gritted teeth. "After this meal, you'll be eating prisoner rations!"
With that, the elf turned and left the barrier. A short while later, he returned and said, "There, it's settled. That's what you get for refusing to teach us. I told the cooks you're getting prisoner rations for dinner."
"Prisoner rations it is. It's not like I haven't eaten them before. I ate them for a whole year, and I had to work, too. Now I don't have to work. What an easy life!" The orc grinned smugly.
"You only get one easy day. After today, you're going back to the quarry to cut stone!" The elf suddenly sneered. "I just wonder how many orcs will be there working alongside you!"
"They won't teach you either!" the orc said with a confident grin, his menacing tusks gleaming.
"Please! If you won't teach us, our squadron will just learn a few days later. You think everyone's like you?" The elf was no longer angry. In fact, he seemed rather pleased.
"What do you mean?" Grim's confidant sounded less certain now.
"Nothing! When I went to talk to the cooks about the food, I saw a few others there doing the same. It was fascinating!" The elf sneered. "But I'm not telling you!"
Grim's confidant froze, chewing his meat as he pondered this.
Yu Lin Bloodhawk finished eating, while Grim was still battling his roast hawkstrider.
"I asked you whether you could finish it all. Why order so much? It's not like there won't be another meal," Yu Lin Bloodhawk said.
"How was I supposed to know one hawkstrider had so much meat?" Grim said.
"If you're full, take a break. Don't stuff yourself. Eat the rest next meal!" Yu Lin Bloodhawk said.
"No! I'll