and pure mores
and pure mores of our land, whose insatiable rapacity has led it to plunder even the smallest of Grotum’s treasures, to exploit even the feeblest of our resources—”
“Sixty? Seventy?”
“—whose lust for domination has led it to suborn all but a handful of Grotum’s most venerable institutions, whose unbridled thirst—”
“Enough!” cried out the lawyer. “We’re being claused to death! It’s all rot—bilge and rot. ’Tis rather by dint of the Consortium’s mighty efforts—motivated by self-interest, to be sure, but nonetheless admirable and beneficial—that these backward nations of Grotum stand fair to enter the world of modern industry and progress, to take their rightful place beside all other respected and puissant lands!”
Mustelid thrust his face at Zulkeh and
“Sixty? Seventy?”
“—whose lust for domination has led it to suborn all but a handful of Grotum’s most venerable institutions, whose unbridled thirst—”
“Enough!” cried out the lawyer. “We’re being claused to death! It’s all rot—bilge and rot. ’Tis rather by dint of the Consortium’s mighty efforts—motivated by self-interest, to be sure, but nonetheless admirable and beneficial—that these backward nations of Grotum stand fair to enter the world of modern industry and progress, to take their rightful place beside all other respected and puissant lands!”
Mustelid thrust his face at Zulkeh and